diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/mirror/fedora-mirror-update.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/mirror/fedora-mirror-update.sh
index e2a68d3a7e..4aa4ae12f6 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/mirror/fedora-mirror-update.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/mirror/fedora-mirror-update.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ fi
 
 echo "Running rsync atomic..."
 date --iso-8601=ns
-$K5START rsync -rlptDvz \
+$K5START rsync -rltDvz \
     --delete \
     --delete-excluded \
     --exclude="testing/" \