diff --git a/playbooks/include/deploy-kvm-guest.yml b/playbooks/include/deploy-kvm-guest.yml
index a8fda29..9a030bf 100644
--- a/playbooks/include/deploy-kvm-guest.yml
+++ b/playbooks/include/deploy-kvm-guest.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@
       register: result
       check_mode: false
 
+    - name: clean up old facts cache
+      file:
+        path: "{{ ansible_dir_root }}/facts/{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+        state: absent
+      delegate_to: localhost
+      when: inventory_hostname not in result.list_vms
+
     - name: create temp directory
       tempfile:
         state: directory