diff --git a/bin/export.pike b/bin/export.pike
index 0aad8b3471c29191b6abfd74bcc674aee9aa3b78..21b5d95943d978b51ec7c803c88a490c167c3649 100755
--- a/bin/export.pike
+++ b/bin/export.pike
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ int main(int argc, array(string) argv)
     Stdio.recursive_rm(vpath);
   }
 
+  rm(pike_base_name+"/"+filename+".tar.gz");
   run( "gzip", "-9", pike_base_name+"/"+filename+".tar" )
   {
     clean_exit(1, "Gzip failed!\n");