diff --git a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
index c197c644239c..c7e6878dbd49 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/e2e.sh
@@ -1135,6 +1135,7 @@ fi
 # at HEAD, release candidate.
 if [[ ! -z "${CLOUDSDK_BUCKET:-}" ]]; then
     gsutil -m cp -r "${CLOUDSDK_BUCKET}" ~
+    rm -rf ~/repo
     mv ~/$(basename "${CLOUDSDK_BUCKET}") ~/repo
     mkdir ~/cloudsdk
     tar zvxf ~/repo/google-cloud-sdk.tar.gz -C ~/cloudsdk