diff --git a/paunch/runner.py b/paunch/runner.py
index 2943766..26081ba 100644
--- a/paunch/runner.py
+++ b/paunch/runner.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class DockerRunner(object):
             self.remove_container(container)
 
     def remove_container(self, container):
-        cmd = [self.docker_cmd, 'rm', '-f', container]
+        cmd = [self.docker_cmd, 'rm', container]
         cmd_stdout, cmd_stderr, returncode = self.execute(cmd)
         if returncode != 0:
             LOG.error('Error removing container: %s' % container)
diff --git a/paunch/tests/test_builder_compose1.py b/paunch/tests/test_builder_compose1.py
index f57765c..c5dc401 100644
--- a/paunch/tests/test_builder_compose1.py
+++ b/paunch/tests/test_builder_compose1.py
@@ -283,13 +283,13 @@ three-12345678 three''', '', 0),
                  '--format', '{{.Names}} {{.Label "container_name"}}']
             ),
             # rm containers not in config
-            mock.call(['docker', 'rm', '-f', 'five']),
-            mock.call(['docker', 'rm', '-f', 'six']),
+            mock.call(['docker', 'rm', 'five']),
+            mock.call(['docker', 'rm', 'six']),
             # rm two, changed config
             mock.call(['docker', 'inspect', '--type', 'container',
                        '--format', '{{index .Config.Labels "config_data"}}',
                        'two-12345678']),
-            mock.call(['docker', 'rm', '-f', 'two-12345678']),
+            mock.call(['docker', 'rm', 'two-12345678']),
             # check three, config hasn't changed
             mock.call(['docker', 'inspect', '--type', 'container',
                        '--format', '{{index .Config.Labels "config_data"}}',
diff --git a/paunch/tests/test_runner.py b/paunch/tests/test_runner.py
index a54d85e..c1dadaa 100644
--- a/paunch/tests/test_runner.py
+++ b/paunch/tests/test_runner.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class TestDockerRunner(base.TestCase):
 
         self.runner.remove_container('one')
         self.assert_execute(
-            popen, ['docker', 'rm', '-f', 'one']
+            popen, ['docker', 'rm', 'one']
         )
 
     @mock.patch('subprocess.Popen')