diff --git a/git_helpers b/git_helpers
index b9729a6..e52ace9 100755
--- a/git_helpers
+++ b/git_helpers
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ clone_customer_repository () {
                 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                     log_debug "$func:${LINENO} cloning ${1} done"
                     GIT_CLONE_EXECUTED=1
+                    rm -f $GIT_PULL_TMP
+                    rm -f $OPKG_CMDS_TMP
                     # after cloning, cd into repository, and re-initialize,
                     # setting the work-tree as "/". This has the effect that
                     # a "git pull" will automatically fetched files in the