diff --git a/Jenkins/Phabricator-pipeline/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkins/Phabricator-pipeline/Jenkinsfile
index 8f04ed4..646b727 100644
--- a/Jenkins/Phabricator-pipeline/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkins/Phabricator-pipeline/Jenkinsfile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ pipeline {
         stage("git checkout"){
             steps {
                 git url: 'https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git'
+                sh 'git clean -fdx'
                 sh 'mkdir -p llvm-premerge-checks'
                 dir("llvm-premerge-checks")
                 {
diff --git a/Jenkins/master-pipeline/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkins/master-pipeline/Jenkinsfile
index 541eaa5..3d7c004 100644
--- a/Jenkins/master-pipeline/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkins/master-pipeline/Jenkinsfile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ pipeline {
         stage("git checkout"){
             steps {
                 git url: 'https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project.git'
+                sh 'git clean -fdx'
                 sh 'mkdir -p llvm-premerge-checks'
                 dir("llvm-premerge-checks")
                 {
diff --git a/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch.py b/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch.py
index 7d6d5af..cb0c64b 100755
--- a/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch.py
+++ b/scripts/phabtalk/apply_patch.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ def _get_parent_hash(diff_id: str, phab:Phabricator) -> str:
 
 def _git_checkout(git_hash:str):
     subprocess.check_call('git reset --hard {}'.format(git_hash), shell=True)
-    subprocess.check_call('git clean -fdx', shell=True)
 
 
 def _apply_patch(diff_id: str, conduit_token: str, host: str):