diff --git a/builder/image-software.sh b/builder/image-software.sh
index 12679981..390b430b 100755
--- a/builder/image-software.sh
+++ b/builder/image-software.sh
@@ -138,4 +138,7 @@ syntax on
 autocmd BufNewFile,BufRead *.launch set syntax=xml
 EOF
 
+echo_stamp "Attempting to kill dirmngr"
+gpgconf --kill dirmngr
+
 echo_stamp "End of software installation"