diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 25d109a0b6..8563297a09 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ before_script:
   - echo " == Installing required packages"
   - apt-get -q install -y git python python-yaml
   - echo " == Cloning fdroidserver"
-  - test -d fdroidserver && rm -rf fdroidserver
-  - git clone https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver.git fdroidserver --depth=1
+  - rm -rf fdroidserver
+  - git clone https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver.git --depth=1
   - export PATH="$PWD/fdroidserver:$PATH"
   - touch config.py