diff --git a/launch_node.py b/launch_node.py
index 550386e6..530bcfce 100644
--- a/launch_node.py
+++ b/launch_node.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ script = ScriptDeployment("""
 perl -ple 's,main,main universe,' -i /etc/apt/sources.list
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y --force-yes git rubygems
-gem install puppet
+gem install --no-rdoc --no-ri puppet
 git clone git://github.com/openstack/openstack-ci-puppet.git
 cd openstack-ci-puppet
 /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/puppet apply --modulepath=`pwd`/modules manifests/server.pp
diff --git a/launch_slave.py b/launch_slave.py
index 7d97d618..e27f7052 100644
--- a/launch_slave.py
+++ b/launch_slave.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ script = ScriptDeployment("""
 perl -ple 's,main,main universe,' -i /etc/apt/sources.list
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y --force-yes git rubygems
-gem install puppet
+gem install --no-rdoc --no-ri puppet
 git clone git://github.com/openstack/openstack-ci-puppet.git
 cd openstack-ci-puppet
 /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/puppet apply --modulepath=`pwd`/modules manifests/slave.pp