diff --git a/scripts/android/build_openssl.sh b/scripts/android/build_openssl.sh
index 572925056..c5dad3d41 100755
--- a/scripts/android/build_openssl.sh
+++ b/scripts/android/build_openssl.sh
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ ZLIB_DIR=$WORKDIR/zlib
 ZLIB_TAG=v1.2.11
 ZLIB_COMMIT_HASH="cacf7f1d4e3d44d871b605da3b647f07d718623f"
 
-if [ ! -d "$ZLIB_DIR" ] ; then
-  git clone -b $ZLIB_TAG --depth 1 https://github.com/madler/zlib $ZLIB_DIR
-fi
+rm -rf $ZLIB_DIR
+git clone -b $ZLIB_TAG --depth 1 https://github.com/madler/zlib $ZLIB_DIR
 cd $ZLIB_DIR
 git reset --hard $ZLIB_COMMIT_HASH
 CC=clang CXX=clang++ ./configure --static