diff --git a/modules/jenkins/manifests/job_builder.pp b/modules/jenkins/manifests/job_builder.pp
index ecb8c43d53..d8985bac0d 100644
--- a/modules/jenkins/manifests/job_builder.pp
+++ b/modules/jenkins/manifests/job_builder.pp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class jenkins::job_builder (
   }
 
   exec { 'jenkins_jobs_update':
-    command     => 'jenkins-jobs update /etc/jenkins_jobs/config',
+    command     => 'jenkins-jobs update --delete-old /etc/jenkins_jobs/config',
     path        => '/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin',
     refreshonly => true,
     require     => [