diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-push-bits b/tools/test/bin/onos-push-bits
index 38e2877..2187edc 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-push-bits
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-push-bits
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
   if [ -n "$locHash" ] && [ "$locHash" = "$remHash" ]; then
       echo "ONOS bits $ONOS_TAR already up-to-date on $node..."
   else
+      ssh $remote rm -f $ONOS_TAR
       scp -q $ONOS_TAR $remote_with_bracket:/tmp
   fi
 fi