diff --git a/mirror/files/sync-mirrors b/mirror/files/sync-mirrors
index baccf7a..ecb0a1b 100755
--- a/mirror/files/sync-mirrors
+++ b/mirror/files/sync-mirrors
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ for mirror in ${SYNC} ; do
     [ ${VERBOSE} -eq 1 ] && echo "Starting ${mirror} sync ..."
     echo "`date '+%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S'` [$$] Starting ${mirror} sync ..." \
         >> ${LOGFILE}
-    rsync -aH -4 ${EXTRA_OPTS} --numeric-ids --delete --delete-after \
+    rsync -aH -4 ${EXTRA_OPTS} --numeric-ids --delete --delete-delay \
         --delay-updates --no-motd ${RSYNCOPTS} --log-file=${LOGFILE} \
         --exclude=.~tmp~/ ${SRC} /srv/mirrors/${mirror}/
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then