diff --git a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-sysmo.sh b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-sysmo.sh
index d089eb7e..3fb5c0b6 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-sysmo.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-sysmo.sh
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ for dep in $deps; do
         make install
 done
 
+# don't package documentation -- the libosmocore docs can be up to 16 Mb large,
+# a significant amount compared to the binaries
+rm -rf "$prefix_real/share/doc/libosmocore"
+
 # build the archive that is going to be copied to the tester and then to the BTS
 rm "$base"/*.tgz "$base"/*.md5 || true
 cd "$prefix_real"
diff --git a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-trx.sh b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-trx.sh
index 652913ff..b408852a 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-trx.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-trx.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ for dep in $deps; do
 	make install
 done
 
+# don't package documentation -- the libosmocore docs can be up to 16 Mb large,
+# a significant amount compared to the binaries
+rm -rf "$prefix/share/doc/libosmocore"
+
 # build the archive that is going to be copied to the tester
 rm "$base"/*.tgz "$base"/*.md5 || true
 cd "$prefix"
diff --git a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-nitb.sh b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-nitb.sh
index 6a2420be..e4e4e327 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-nitb.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-nitb.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ for dep in $deps; do
 	make install
 done
 
+# don't package documentation -- the libosmocore docs can be up to 16 Mb large,
+# a significant amount compared to the binaries
+rm -rf "$prefix/share/doc/libosmocore"
+
 # build the archive that is going to be copied to the tester
 rm "$base"/*.tgz "$base"/*.md5 || true
 cd "$prefix"