diff --git a/hack/build-crd-schema-checker.sh b/hack/build-crd-schema-checker.sh
index 12bf3be9a..e7585662e 100755
--- a/hack/build-crd-schema-checker.sh
+++ b/hack/build-crd-schema-checker.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ if [ -f "$INSTALL_DIR/crd-schema-checker" ]; then
     exit 0
 fi
 
+rm -rf "$INSTALL_DIR/git-tmp"
 mkdir -p "$INSTALL_DIR/git-tmp"
 git clone https://github.com/openshift/crd-schema-checker.git \
     -b "$CRD_SCHEMA_CHECKER_VERSION" "$INSTALL_DIR/git-tmp"