diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/build/local/types.go b/pkg/skaffold/build/local/types.go
index 31ea4ab8e78..c20ebc0f7f9 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/build/local/types.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/build/local/types.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ type Builder struct {
 	localCluster       bool
 	pushImages         bool
 	prune              bool
+	pruneChildren      bool
 	skipTests          bool
 	kubeContext        string
 	builtImages        []string
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ func NewBuilder(runCtx *runcontext.RunContext) (*Builder, error) {
 		pushImages:         pushImages,
 		skipTests:          runCtx.Opts.SkipTests,
 		prune:              runCtx.Opts.Prune(),
+		pruneChildren:      !runCtx.Opts.NoPruneChildren,
 		insecureRegistries: runCtx.InsecureRegistries,
 	}, nil
 }
@@ -101,5 +103,5 @@ func (b *Builder) Labels() map[string]string {
 
 // Prune uses the docker API client to remove all images built with Skaffold
 func (b *Builder) Prune(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer) error {
-	return docker.Prune(ctx, out, b.builtImages, b.localDocker)
+	return b.localDocker.Prune(ctx, out, b.builtImages, b.pruneChildren)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/docker/image.go b/pkg/skaffold/docker/image.go
index ed16310fa22..1eb2cda6fd7 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/docker/image.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/docker/image.go
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ type LocalDaemon interface {
 	RepoDigest(ctx context.Context, ref string) (string, error)
 	ImageList(ctx context.Context, options types.ImageListOptions) ([]types.ImageSummary, error)
 	ImageExists(ctx context.Context, ref string) bool
+	Prune(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, images []string, pruneChildren bool) error
 }
 
 type localDaemon struct {
@@ -410,3 +411,25 @@ func EvaluateBuildArgs(args map[string]*string) (map[string]*string, error) {
 
 	return evaluated, nil
 }
+
+func (l *localDaemon) Prune(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, images []string, pruneChildren bool) error {
+	for _, id := range images {
+		resp, err := l.ImageRemove(ctx, id, types.ImageRemoveOptions{
+			Force:         true,
+			PruneChildren: pruneChildren,
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "pruning images")
+		}
+		for _, r := range resp {
+			if r.Deleted != "" {
+				fmt.Fprintf(out, "deleted image %s\n", r.Deleted)
+			}
+			if r.Untagged != "" {
+				fmt.Fprintf(out, "untagged image %s\n", r.Untagged)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/skaffold/docker/image_util.go b/pkg/skaffold/docker/image_util.go
index 33d299fc947..ce553b20e03 100644
--- a/pkg/skaffold/docker/image_util.go
+++ b/pkg/skaffold/docker/image_util.go
@@ -18,48 +18,13 @@ package docker
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/GoogleContainerTools/skaffold/pkg/skaffold/config"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
 	v1 "github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/v1"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-var (
-	opts = &config.SkaffoldOptions{}
-)
-
-func Prune(ctx context.Context, out io.Writer, images []string, client LocalDaemon) error {
-	pruneChildren := true
-
-	if opts.NoPruneChildren {
-		pruneChildren = false
-	}
-
-	for _, id := range images {
-		resp, err := client.ImageRemove(ctx, id, types.ImageRemoveOptions{
-			Force:         true,
-			PruneChildren: pruneChildren,
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Wrap(err, "pruning images")
-		}
-		for _, r := range resp {
-			if r.Deleted != "" {
-				fmt.Fprintf(out, "deleted image %s\n", r.Deleted)
-			}
-			if r.Untagged != "" {
-				fmt.Fprintf(out, "untagged image %s\n", r.Untagged)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 func RetrieveWorkingDir(tagged string, insecureRegistries map[string]bool) (string, error) {
 	var cf *v1.ConfigFile
 	var err error