diff --git a/zorg/buildbot/builders/annotated/amdgpu-offload-cmake.py b/zorg/buildbot/builders/annotated/amdgpu-offload-cmake.py
index 6c8b81376..04de68447 100755
--- a/zorg/buildbot/builders/annotated/amdgpu-offload-cmake.py
+++ b/zorg/buildbot/builders/annotated/amdgpu-offload-cmake.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def main(argv):
         # We have to "hard clean" the build directory, since we use a CMake cache
         # If we do not do this, the resident config will take precedence and changes
         # to the cache file are ignored.
-        run_command("rm -r *")
+        run_command(["rm", "-r *"])
 
     with step("cmake", halt_on_fail=True):
         # TODO make the name of the cache file an argument to the script.