diff --git a/scripts/install_nova_console.sh b/scripts/install_nova_console.sh
index ed78b8c..8a02f4b 100755
--- a/scripts/install_nova_console.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_nova_console.sh
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@ set -ex
 # these html files into the container. In total this adds less than a MB
 # to the image size
 
-mkdir /usr/share/novnc
-git clone -b ${NOVNC_REF} --depth 1 ${NOVNC_REPO} /usr/share/novnc
+NOVNC_DIR=/usr/share/novnc
+SPICE_DIR=/usr/share/spice-html5
+
+mkdir ${NOVNC_DIR}
+git clone -b ${NOVNC_REF} --depth 1 ${NOVNC_REPO} ${NOVNC_DIR}
+rm -rf ${NOVNC_DIR}/.git*
 if [[ ! -f /usr/share/novnc/vnc_auto.html ]]; then
     # novnc >= 1.0.0 is installed
-    ln -s vnc_lite.html /usr/share/novnc/vnc_auto.html
+    ln -s vnc_lite.html ${NOVNC_DIR}/vnc_auto.html
 fi
 
-mkdir /usr/share/spice-html5
-git clone -b ${SPICE_REF} --depth 1 ${SPICE_REPO} /usr/share/spice-html5
+mkdir ${SPICE_DIR}
+git clone -b ${SPICE_REF} --depth 1 ${SPICE_REPO} ${SPICE_DIR}
+rm -rf ${SPICE_DIR}/.git*