diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cbc996f..4b9568e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ build:
     - cp -pr make_post_sell/static env/static
     - cp -pr env/static static
     - tar -zcf static.tar.gz static
+    # Clean up the directory outside of the gitlab-runner filesystem.
+    - rm -rf /opt/make_post_sell/env
     # Clone the virtualenv with virtualenv-clone into the desired location.
     - virtualenv-clone -vvv $PWD/env /opt/make_post_sell/env
     # Create a tarball of the virtualenv.
@@ -31,8 +33,7 @@ build:
     - sha512sum env.tar.gz >> env.tar.gz.hash
     # Create commit-hash.txt to track this build's git commit hash.
     - echo $CI_COMMIT_SHA >> commit-hash.txt
-    # Clean up the directory outside of the gitlab-runner filesystem.
-    - rm -rf /opt/make_post_sell/env
+
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - env.tar.gz