diff --git a/bin/doc-tools-update-cli-reference b/bin/doc-tools-update-cli-reference
index a8707093..192b4841 100755
--- a/bin/doc-tools-update-cli-reference
+++ b/bin/doc-tools-update-cli-reference
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ branch=cli-reference
 git branch --list $branch && git branch -D $branch
 git checkout -b $branch
 mv ../output/${project}.rst "doc/cli-reference/source"
+rm -rf ../output
 version=$($project --version 2>&1)
 version=${version##*\)}
 git commit -a -m "[cli-ref] Update python-${project}client to ${version##* }"