diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 903bafd7c97e99a6950c0377da775fe7b0947501..bbde54c908e2caa6c2592cf46476f70f83ba1146 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ upload_to_registry:
   script:
     - echo "Starting upload & archiving of project files to the GitLab Package Registry..."
     - echo $LATEST_TAG
-    - rm -rf ./.git/
+    - rm -rf ./.git/ .git* ./docs
     - tar -cvf - . | gzip > $ARCHIVE_NAME
     - |
         filename=$(basename "$ARCHIVE_NAME" .tar.gz);