diff --git a/cmd/compose/compose.go b/cmd/compose/compose.go
index c055c1eba..f5a74c087 100644
--- a/cmd/compose/compose.go
+++ b/cmd/compose/compose.go
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ func (o *projectOptions) toProjectOptions(po ...cli.ProjectOptionsFn) (*cli.Proj
 			cli.WithName(o.ProjectName))...)
 }
 
+// PluginName is the name of the plugin
 const PluginName = "compose"
 
 // RunningAsStandalone detects when running as a standalone program
diff --git a/pkg/compose/build_classic.go b/pkg/compose/build_classic.go
index 26cfdc56e..3354b4b23 100644
--- a/pkg/compose/build_classic.go
+++ b/pkg/compose/build_classic.go
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ func imageBuildOptions(options buildx.Options) dockertypes.ImageBuildOptions {
 	return dockertypes.ImageBuildOptions{
 		Tags:        options.Tags,
 		NoCache:     options.NoCache,
+		Remove:      true,
 		PullParent:  options.Pull,
 		BuildArgs:   toMapStringStringPtr(options.BuildArgs),
 		Labels:      options.Labels,