diff --git a/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-alpha.sh b/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-alpha.sh
index 4ddc570551c..89897cfe176 100755
--- a/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-alpha.sh
+++ b/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-alpha.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SHA=`git rev-parse --short --verify HEAD`
 git config user.name "$COMMIT_AUTHOR"
 git config user.email "$COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
 git checkout --orphan gh-pages
-git rm --cached -r .
+git rm --cached -r -f .
 echo "# Automatic build" > README.md
 echo "Built website from \`$SHA\`. See https://github.com/ethereum/remix-ide/ for details." >> README.md
 echo "To use an offline copy, download \`remix-$SHA.zip\`." >> README.md
diff --git a/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-live.sh b/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-live.sh
index a2d39bb05e5..1636e0b4976 100755
--- a/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-live.sh
+++ b/ci/deploy_from_travis_remix-live.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SHA=`git rev-parse --short --verify HEAD`
 git config user.name "$COMMIT_AUTHOR"
 git config user.email "$COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
 git checkout --orphan gh-pages
-git rm --cached -r .
+git rm --cached -r -f .
 echo "# Automatic build" > README.md
 echo "Built website from \`$SHA\`. See https://github.com/ethereum/remix-ide/ for details." >> README.md
 echo "To use an offline copy, download \`remix-$SHA.zip\`." >> README.md