diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/cloud-hypervisor/build-static-clh.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/cloud-hypervisor/build-static-clh.sh
index ff26822cc9..0691c199dc 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/cloud-hypervisor/build-static-clh.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/cloud-hypervisor/build-static-clh.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ build_clh_from_source() {
     info "Build ${cloud_hypervisor_repo} version: ${cloud_hypervisor_version}"
     repo_dir=$(basename "${cloud_hypervisor_repo}")
     repo_dir="${repo_dir//.git}"
-    [ -d "${repo_dir}" ] || git clone "${cloud_hypervisor_repo}"
+    rm -rf "${repo_dir}"
+    git clone "${cloud_hypervisor_repo}"
     pushd "${repo_dir}"
 
     if [ -n "${cloud_hypervisor_pr}" ]; then