diff --git a/repo2docker/buildpacks/conda/install-miniconda.bash b/repo2docker/buildpacks/conda/install-miniconda.bash
index aed62ecf..eeae52d7 100755
--- a/repo2docker/buildpacks/conda/install-miniconda.bash
+++ b/repo2docker/buildpacks/conda/install-miniconda.bash
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ rm -rf /srv/conda/pkgs
 
 # Remove the big installer so we don't increase docker image size too much
 rm ${INSTALLER_PATH}
+# Remove pip cache created as part of installing miniconda
+rm -rf /root/.cache
 
 chown -R $NB_USER:$NB_USER ${CONDA_DIR}