diff --git a/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml b/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml
index f99f3e73..02cb1afc 100644
--- a/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml
+++ b/smartgears/smartgears/tasks/smartgears-app.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'tomcat']
 
 - name: Remove the smartgears-distribution files
-  shell: find {{ smartgears_downloads_dir }} -type d -name smartgears-distribution-\* -exec rm -fr {} \;
+  shell: find {{ smartgears_downloads_dir }} -maxdepth 1 -type d -name smartgears-distribution-* -exec rm -fr {} \;
   ignore_errors: yes
   when: ( smartgears_download | changed )
   tags: [ 'smartgears', 'smartgears_distribution', 'tomcat']