diff --git a/tools/dep_updaters/update-gyp-next.sh b/tools/dep_updaters/update-gyp-next.sh
index 6fdb7d41774bd6..731e91f3234d31 100755
--- a/tools/dep_updaters/update-gyp-next.sh
+++ b/tools/dep_updaters/update-gyp-next.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ rm "$GYP_NEXT_TARBALL"
 
 mv "gyp-next-$NEW_VERSION" gyp
 
+rm -rf "$WORKSPACE/gyp/.github"
+
 rm -rf "$BASE_DIR/tools/gyp"
 
 mv "$WORKSPACE/gyp" "$BASE_DIR/tools/"