diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 54f8d2abf..1633d0901 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -2291,7 +2291,7 @@ securityonion_repo() {
 		else
 	        mkdir -p /root/oldrepos
 	        mv /etc/yum.repos.d/* /root/oldrepos/
-		    rm -f /etc/yum.repos.d/*
+		    rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d/*
 		    if [[ ! $is_manager && "$MANAGERUPDATES" == "1" ]]; then
 		        cp -f ../salt/common/yum_repos/securityonioncache.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/
 		    else