diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
index 342a07c7d..25a9e633c 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/soup
@@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ if [ $is_airgap -eq 0 ]; then
   airgap_mounted
 else
   echo "Cloning Security Onion github repo into $UPDATE_DIR."
+  echo "Removing previous upgrade sources."
+  rm -rf $UPDATE_DIR
   clone_to_tmp
 fi
 echo "Generating new repo archive"