diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 0771567b2..b8cd2cae2 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -2291,7 +2291,9 @@ securityonion_repo() {
 		else
 	        mkdir -p /root/oldrepos
 	        mv -v /etc/yum.repos.d/* /root/oldrepos/
-		    rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d/*
+			ls -la /etc/yum.repos.d/
+		    rm -rf /etc/yum.repos.d
+			mkdir -p /etc/yum.repos.d
 		    if [[ ! $is_manager && "$MANAGERUPDATES" == "1" ]]; then
 		        cp -f ../salt/common/yum_repos/securityonioncache.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/
 		    else