diff --git a/provision/base.sh b/provision/base.sh
index 9562f67b..76e6a023 100755
--- a/provision/base.sh
+++ b/provision/base.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ freebsd_update()
 	freebsd-update -b "$BASE_MNT" -f "$BASE_MNT/etc/freebsd-update.conf" fetch install
 
 	echo "clearing freebsd-update cache"
-	find $BASE_MNT/var/db/freebsd-update/* -delete
+	rm -rf $BASE_MNT/var/db/freebsd-update/*
 }
 
 install_freebsd()