diff --git a/beagleboard.org_image.sh b/beagleboard.org_image.sh
index b4ba8a149d40b39957b1aee4d4aae1afc5a76ea4..36af351fa86d5af8f74e3c8cb0aed93dcba4e669 100755
--- a/beagleboard.org_image.sh
+++ b/beagleboard.org_image.sh
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ production () {
 	cat > ${DIR}/deploy/ship.sh <<-__EOF__
 	#!/bin/bash
 
+	if [ -d ./debian-7.3-console-armhf-${time} ] ; then
+		rm -rf debian-7.3-console-armhf-${time} || true
+	fi
+
 	xz -z -7 -v debian-7.3-console-armhf-${time}.tar
 
 	tar xf debian-7.3-console-armhf-${time}.tar.xz