diff --git a/buildscript b/buildscript
index d2da0e30..c418c1e7 100755
--- a/buildscript
+++ b/buildscript
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ update_feeds() {
     done
 
     echo "cleaning feeds"
-    /bin/rm -rf "$builddir"/feeds
+    "$builddir"/scripts/feeds clean
 
     "$builddir"/scripts/feeds update