diff --git a/script/cibuild-atom-linux b/script/cibuild-atom-linux
index b04d73f62..fe79c19fe 100755
--- a/script/cibuild-atom-linux
+++ b/script/cibuild-atom-linux
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ export BUILD_ATOM_RELEASES_S3_KEY=$BUILD_ATOM_LINUX_RELEASES_S3_KEY
 export BUILD_ATOM_RELEASES_S3_SECRET=$BUILD_ATOM_LINUX_RELEASES_S3_SECRET
 export BUILD_ATOM_RELEASES_S3_BUCKET=$BUILD_ATOM_LINUX_RELEASES_S3_BUCKET
 
-git clone https://github.com/creationix/nvm.git /tmp/.nvm
-source /tmp/.nvm/nvm.sh
+rm -rf /tmp/.atom-nvm
+git clone https://github.com/creationix/nvm.git /tmp/.atom-nvm
+source /tmp/.atom-nvm/nvm.sh
 nvm install 4.4.7
 nvm use 4.4.7
 npm install -g npm