diff --git a/scripts/remove-reprepro-codename b/scripts/remove-reprepro-codename
index c7daf09..d03cae8 100755
--- a/scripts/remove-reprepro-codename
+++ b/scripts/remove-reprepro-codename
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ echo "*** Removing codename $codename from reprepro configuration in $REPOSITORY
 perl -i -00 -pe "if (!\$done && m|$codename|) { \$_=q(); \$done++}" "${REPOSITORY}/conf/distributions"
 
 echo "*** Removing vanished data from reprepro ***"
-reprepro --waitforlock 1000 -b "$REPOSITORY" clearvanished
+reprepro --waitforlock 1000 -b "$REPOSITORY" --delete clearvanished
 
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