diff --git a/common/Makefile.services b/common/Makefile.services
index 6b62a1d..3f01df0 100644
--- a/common/Makefile.services
+++ b/common/Makefile.services
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@
 
 $(XOS_DIR):
 	git -C ../.. clone https://gerrit.opencord.org/p/xos.git
+	# Make sure the configuratiosn dir doesn't exist
+	# TODO: remove this after configurations dir has been removed from xos repo
+	rm -rf $(XOS_DIR)/xos/configurations
 
 update_xos:
 	git -C $(XOS_DIR) pull