diff --git a/build-ubunturepo b/build-ubunturepo
index c9774980a..375c0066b 100755
--- a/build-ubunturepo
+++ b/build-ubunturepo
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ then
     for file in `echo $packages`
     do
         file_low=`echo $file | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'`
-        if grep -q $file $svn_up_log || [ "$BUILDALL" == 1 ]; then
+        if grep -q $file $svn_up_log || [ "$BUILDALL" == 1 -o "$file" = "perl-xCAT" ]; then
             rm -f ../../debs/${file_low}_*.deb
             #only for genesis package
             rm -f ../../debs/${file_low}-amd64_*.deb