diff --git a/bootstrap/sbin/rebuild_system_from_scratch.sh b/bootstrap/sbin/rebuild_system_from_scratch.sh
index da036e21d65fcb2932889a2c9bcd76019f114c4f..30bfb1db0ec9eccad65522d4d1970dd3f60b1ebb 100755
--- a/bootstrap/sbin/rebuild_system_from_scratch.sh
+++ b/bootstrap/sbin/rebuild_system_from_scratch.sh
@@ -38,12 +38,8 @@ function remove_images()
 function pull_tango()
 {
     git clone https://git.astron.nl/lofar2.0/tango.git ${HOME_DIR}
-}
-
-function stop_images()
-{
-    pushd ${HOME_DIR}/docker-compose && make stop
-    popd
+    # Now remove the old tango dir.
+    rm -rf ${OLD_HOME_DIR}
 }
 
 function clean_images()