diff --git a/etc/vagrant/bootstrap.sh b/etc/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
index 1a51255030f00be2c885d2125caffdd5eabfa11f..68b99535752f0b5df4f0bb01a11ac5281e9e3694 100644
--- a/etc/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/etc/vagrant/bootstrap.sh
@@ -690,6 +690,11 @@ if $INSTALL_TOMCAT; then
 	echo "Configuring tomcat startup script"
 	cp $SHARED_CONF_DIR/tomcat_startscript.sh /etc/init.d/$TOMCAT_NAME >> install_tomcat.log 2>&1
 	chmod 755 /etc/init.d/$TOMCAT_NAME >> install_tomcat.log 2>&1
+
+	echo "Configuring tomcat webapps (removing unnecessary ones)"
+	rm -rf "$TOMCAT_WEBAPP_DIR/docs"
+	rm -rf "$TOMCAT_WEBAPP_DIR/examples"
+	rm -rf "$TOMCAT_WEBAPP_DIR/host-manager"
 fi
 
 if $INSTALL_POSTGIS && $INSTALL_GEOSERVER; then