diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/templates/buildconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/templates/buildconfig.yml
index 7e4aa6cb26..893e4cd24d 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/templates/buildconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/release-monitoring/templates/buildconfig.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ items:
                 cp -r _build/html/* ../anitya/static/docs/ && \
                 popd && \
 {% if env == 'staging' %}
+                # Uninstall the existing anitya installation first
+                pip-3 uninstall anitya
                 # Move bootstrap to correct folder
                 rm -f anitya/static/bootstrap && \
                 mv anitya/static/bootstrap-3.3.4-fedora anitya/static/bootstrap && \