diff --git a/slave_scripts/devstack-vm-gate.sh b/slave_scripts/devstack-vm-gate.sh
index 46fb059e..cec6ad81 100755
--- a/slave_scripts/devstack-vm-gate.sh
+++ b/slave_scripts/devstack-vm-gate.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ if [ $RETVAL != 0 ]; then
     exit $RETVAL
 fi
 
-rsync -az $WORKSPACE/ $NODE_IP_ADDR:workspace/
+rsync -az --delete $WORKSPACE/ $NODE_IP_ADDR:workspace/
 RETVAL=$?
 if [ $RETVAL != 0 ]; then
     echo "Deleting host"