diff --git a/tools/azure-pipelines/create_build_artifact.sh b/tools/azure-pipelines/create_build_artifact.sh
index 80d31d2fb3ed75..f9df635bed4ab6 100755
--- a/tools/azure-pipelines/create_build_artifact.sh
+++ b/tools/azure-pipelines/create_build_artifact.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ find "$FLINK_ARTIFACT_DIR" -maxdepth 8 -type f -name '*.jar' -exec rm -rf {} \;
 rm -rf "$FLINK_ARTIFACT_DIR/.git"
 
 # AZ Pipelines has a problem with links.
-rm "$FLINK_ARTIFACT_DIR/build-target"
+rm -f "$FLINK_ARTIFACT_DIR/build-target"
 
 # Remove javadocs because they are not used in later stages
 rm -rf "$FLINK_ARTIFACT_DIR/target/site"