diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
index a70b1cc1..9e0c4e8e 100644
--- a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
+++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-cleanup.tmpl
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ remove /usr/share/mime/video /usr/share/mime/x-content /usr/share/mime/x-epoc
 remove /var/db /var/games /var/tmp /var/yp /var/nis /var/opt /var/local
 remove /var/mail /var/spool /var/preserve /var/report
 remove /var/lib/rpm/* /var/lib/yum /var/lib/dnf
+## clean up the files created by various '> /dev/null's
+remove /dev/*
 
 ## icons cache
 remove /usr/share/icons/*/icon-theme.cache