diff --git a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-nitb.sh b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-nitb.sh
index 6a2420b..e4e4e32 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-nitb.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-nitb.sh
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
 	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"