diff --git a/lib/git.js b/lib/git.js
index ab4624891..84696fe13 100644
--- a/lib/git.js
+++ b/lib/git.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ function deploy(action) {
               Pushes all of the build files into the deployment directory.
               Allows the user to specify the root if '.' is provided.
               rsync is used to prevent file duplication. */
-            yield (0, execute_1.execute)(`rsync -q -av --checksum --progress --mkpath ${action.folderPath}/. ${action.targetFolder
+            yield (0, execute_1.execute)(`rsync -q -av --checksum --progress ${action.folderPath}/. ${action.targetFolder
                 ? `${temporaryDeploymentDirectory}/${action.targetFolder}`
                 : temporaryDeploymentDirectory} ${action.clean
                 ? `--delete ${excludes} ${!fs_1.default.existsSync(`${action.folderPath}/${constants_1.DefaultExcludedFiles.CNAME}`)