diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f8d22e5..0e4b2f42 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ skip-test-32bit:
 
 collector/fixtures/sys/.unpacked: collector/fixtures/sys.ttar
 	@echo ">> extracting sysfs fixtures"
+	if [ -d collector/fixtures/sys ] ; then rm -r collector/fixtures/sys ; fi
 	./ttar -C collector/fixtures -x -f collector/fixtures/sys.ttar
 	touch $@