diff --git a/elements/ironic-agent/cleanup.d/99-ramdisk-create b/elements/ironic-agent/cleanup.d/99-ramdisk-create
index b0d0a0134..16229dede 100755
--- a/elements/ironic-agent/cleanup.d/99-ramdisk-create
+++ b/elements/ironic-agent/cleanup.d/99-ramdisk-create
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ echo "#disabled" > ./tmp/fstab.new
 sudo mv ./tmp/fstab.new ./etc/fstab
 sudo ln -s ./sbin/init ./
 
-# Remove python object files, they're not particularly useful for a ramdisk
-sudo find ./usr -name "*.pyc" -or -name "*.pyo" -delete
-
 # Note: The pci.ids, which is used by lshw, locate on Ubuntu
 # in /usr/share/misc. Therefore we are removing only the
 # ./usr/share/misc/m* (will remove the magic and magic.mgc files).
@@ -32,12 +29,17 @@ sudo find . -xdev \
     -path './tmp/*' -prune -o \
     -path './boot/*' -prune -o \
     -path './root/.cache' -prune -o \
+    -path './usr/include/*' -prune -o \
     -path './usr/lib/locale/*' -prune -o \
     -path './usr/share/doc/*' -prune -o \
     -path './usr/share/man/*' -prune -o \
     -path './usr/share/info/*' -prune -o \
     -path './usr/share/licenses/*' -prune -o \
     -path './usr/share/misc/m*' -prune -o \
+    -path './usr/src/kernels/*' -prune -o \
+    -path './var/cache/*' -prune -o \
+    -name '*.pyc' -prune -o \
+    -name '*.pyo' -prune -o \
     -print | sudo cpio -o -H newc | gzip > ${IMAGE_PATH}.initramfs
 
 select_boot_kernel_initrd $TARGET_ROOT