diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index b8cd2cae2..f2face572 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -2293,6 +2293,7 @@ securityonion_repo() {
 	        mv -v /etc/yum.repos.d/* /root/oldrepos/
 			ls -la /etc/yum.repos.d/
 		    rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d
+			yum clean all
 			mkdir -p /etc/yum.repos.d
 		    if [[ ! $is_manager && "$MANAGERUPDATES" == "1" ]]; then
 		        cp -f ../salt/common/yum_repos/securityonioncache.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/