diff --git a/bin/markdown-lint b/bin/markdown-lint
index 960ee4798..3634b65cb 100755
--- a/bin/markdown-lint
+++ b/bin/markdown-lint
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ if [ -z "$globs" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-docker run -v $PWD:/workdir --user $(id -u):$(id -g) davidanson/markdownlint-cli2 $globs
+docker run --rm -v $PWD:/workdir --user $(id -u):$(id -g) davidanson/markdownlint-cli2 $globs