diff --git a/deployment/ansible/playbooks/deploy-application-code.yml b/deployment/ansible/playbooks/deploy-application-code.yml
index 2e4b55a0..a5d40a82 100644
--- a/deployment/ansible/playbooks/deploy-application-code.yml
+++ b/deployment/ansible/playbooks/deploy-application-code.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@
         path: "{{ application_code_dest }}/.git"
       register: git_repo_exists
 
+    - name: Check if destination directory exists
+      stat:
+        path: "{{ application_code_dest }}"
+      register: dest_dir_exists
+
+    - name: Remove destination directory if it exists but is not a git repo
+      file:
+        path: "{{ application_code_dest }}"
+        state: absent
+      when: dest_dir_exists.stat.exists and not git_repo_exists.stat.exists
+      become: yes
+
     - name: Clone repository (if not exists)
       ansible.builtin.git:
         repo: "{{ git_repo_url }}"