diff --git a/tensorflow/lite/tools/make/download_dependencies.sh b/tensorflow/lite/tools/make/download_dependencies.sh
index 22ba383f688..30ae7579d3d 100755
--- a/tensorflow/lite/tools/make/download_dependencies.sh
+++ b/tensorflow/lite/tools/make/download_dependencies.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ download_and_extract() {
   local sha256="${3}"
   echo "downloading ${url}" >&2
   mkdir -p "${dir}"
+  rm -rf ${dir}/*  # Delete existing files.
   tempdir=$(mktemp -d)
   filepath="${tempdir}/$(basename ${url})"
   curl -Lo ${filepath} ${url}