diff --git a/docker/docker-puppet.py b/docker/docker-puppet.py
index b092f8e0aa..46297ec34d 100755
--- a/docker/docker-puppet.py
+++ b/docker/docker-puppet.py
@@ -362,10 +362,10 @@ if not os.path.exists(sh_script):
                     excluded_original_passwords+=" --exclude=/var/lib/config-data/*${p}"
                 fi
             done
-
-            # We need to exclude the swift rings and their backup as those change over time and
+            # We need to exclude the swift ring backups as those change over time and
             # containers do not need to restart if they change
-            EXCLUDE=--exclude='*/etc/swift/backups/*'\ --exclude='*/etc/swift/*.ring.gz'\ --exclude='*/etc/swift/*.builder'\ --exclude='*/etc/libvirt/passwd.db'\ ${excluded_original_passwords}
+            EXCLUDE=--exclude='*/etc/swift/backups/*'\ --exclude='*/etc/libvirt/passwd.db'\ ${excluded_original_passwords}
+
             # We need to repipe the tar command through 'tar xO' to force text
             # output because otherwise the sed command cannot work. The sed is
             # needed because puppet puts timestamps as comments in cron and