diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 872957ed6f..5f9d9836f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 * Fix `DEPLOY_UNFINISHED` not being copied over to `release` folder (#[1145])(https://github.com/roots/trellis/pull/1145)
 * Deploy: Remove untracked files from project folder ([#1146](https://github.com/roots/trellis/pull/1146))
 * Nginx: Block `composer/installed.json` ([#1150](https://github.com/roots/trellis/pull/1150))
+* Run `git clean` after checking `git clone` is successful ([#1151](https://github.com/roots/trellis/pull/1151))
 
 ### 1.3.0: December 7th, 2019
 * Add `git_sha` and `release_version` to `.env` on deploy ([#1124](https://github.com/roots/trellis/pull/1124))
diff --git a/roles/deploy/tasks/update.yml b/roles/deploy/tasks/update.yml
index 61bb72013a..305bc82f59 100644
--- a/roles/deploy/tasks/update.yml
+++ b/roles/deploy/tasks/update.yml
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@
   no_log: true
   register: git_clone
 
-- name: Remove untracked files from project folder
-  command: git clean -fdx
-  args:
-    chdir: "{{ project_source_path }}"
-  register: git_clean
-  changed_when: not not(git_clean.stdout)
-
 - name: Failed connection to remote repo
   fail:
     msg: |
@@ -40,6 +33,13 @@
       > https://roots.io/trellis/docs/ssh-keys/#cloning-remote-repo-using-ssh-agent-forwarding
   when: git_clone is failed
 
+- name: Remove untracked files from project folder
+  command: git clean -fdx
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ project_source_path }}"
+  register: git_clean
+  changed_when: not not(git_clean.stdout)
+
 - include_tasks: "{{ include_path }}"
   with_items: "{{ deploy_update_after | default([]) }}"
   loop_control: