diff --git a/scripts/start-spiget b/scripts/start-spiget
index efb20c98e1e..4f3a040c24c 100755
--- a/scripts/start-spiget
+++ b/scripts/start-spiget
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ getResourceFromSpiget() {
         exit 2
       fi
 
-      installedVersion=$(jq -r '.name' $versionfile)
+      if isTrue "${REMOVE_OLD_MODS:-false}"; then
+        installedVersion=0.0.0
+      else
+        installedVersion=$(jq -r '.name' $versionfile)
+      fi
       newVersion=$(jq -r '.name' $versionfileNew)
       
       if [ "$installedVersion" = "$newVersion" ]; then