diff --git a/gitlab-ci-git-buildpackage b/gitlab-ci-git-buildpackage
index e033188..c4894d2 100755
--- a/gitlab-ci-git-buildpackage
+++ b/gitlab-ci-git-buildpackage
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 
 set -x
 
+# delete any possible remnants from previous runs, except orig tarballs
+find $(dirname $CI_PROJECT_DIR) -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '*-[0-9]*.*' -print -delete
+
 $apt_get update
 
 cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR