diff --git a/setup/09-proxspace_setup.post b/setup/09-proxspace_setup.post
index 41cf6e748..de415df43 100644
--- a/setup/09-proxspace_setup.post
+++ b/setup/09-proxspace_setup.post
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ if [ \( ! -f /setup/installed64.txt -a "$MSYSTEM" == "MINGW64" \) ]; then
 		if [ -f "/usr/bin/update-ca-trust" ]; then 
 			sh /usr/bin/update-ca-trust
 		fi
+		rm /var/lib/pacman/sync/*
 		yes | pacman -Syuu
 	else
 		if [ -z "$PSSKIPRANKING" ]; then
diff --git a/setup/setup.cmd b/setup/setup.cmd
index 3ac621e41..cc88bab7a 100644
--- a/setup/setup.cmd
+++ b/setup/setup.cmd
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ echo none / cygdrive binary,posix=0,noacl,user 0 0 >>%cd%\msys2/etc/fstab
 echo %cd%\setup /setup ntfs noacl 0 0 >>%cd%\msys2/etc/fstab
 echo %cd%\pm3 /pm3 ntfs noacl 0 0 >>%cd%\msys2/etc/fstab
 
-del %cd%\msys2\var\lib\pacman\sync\* 2> nul
 mkdir %cd%\msys2\tmp 2> nul
 mkdir %cd%\msys2\dev 2> nul
 mkdir %cd%\msys2\otp 2> nul