diff --git a/site-modules/profile/manifests/dar/client.pp b/site-modules/profile/manifests/dar/client.pp
index 87fb0338..9711dcab 100644
--- a/site-modules/profile/manifests/dar/client.pp
+++ b/site-modules/profile/manifests/dar/client.pp
@@ -1,28 +1,30 @@
 class profile::dar::client {
   $directory = lookup('backups::legacy_storage')
 
   file {$directory:
     ensure  => 'absent',
     purge   => true,
     recurse => true,
+    force   => true,
   }
 
   exec {'sed -e /dar\./d -e /swh-dar-backup/d -i /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root':
     path   => ['/sbin', '/usr/sbin', '/bin', '/usr/bin'],
     onlyif => 'grep -q swh-dar-backup /var/spool/cron/crontabs/root',
   }
 
   file {'/usr/local/bin/swh-dar-backup':
     ensure => absent,
   }
 
   file {'/var/log/dar':
     ensure => absent,
     purge   => true,
     recurse => true,
+    force   => true,
   }
 
   file {'/etc/logrotate.d/swh-dar':
     ensure => absent,
   }
 }