diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily_cleanup_parallelworks.yml b/.github/workflows/daily_cleanup_parallelworks.yml
index 7a5dd43ec..82550789b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily_cleanup_parallelworks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily_cleanup_parallelworks.yml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: [gfdlacsciintel]
     name: Delete Builds
     steps:
-      - run: find /contrib/fv3/2023.2.0/GFDL_atmos_cubed_sphere/refs/pull -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -mtime +30 -type d -print -delete
+      - run: find /contrib/fv3/2023.2.0/GFDL_atmos_cubed_sphere/refs/pull -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 -mtime +30 -type d -print -exec rm -rf "{}" \;