diff --git a/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync b/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync
index 4882a8d180..6e4a40bae2 100755
--- a/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync
+++ b/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh                                                                                  
 
-/usr/bin/rsync -aSHPv --delete --exclude=.git/objects/ --exclude=ar.building/ sundries01::docs/ /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org/
-/usr/bin/rsync -aSHPv --delete --exclude=.git/objects/ --exclude=ar.building/  sundries01::docs-redirects/ /srv/web/docs-redirects/
+/usr/bin/rsync -aSHPv --delete --delete-excluded --exclude=.git/objects/ --exclude='*-building/' sundries01::docs/ /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org/
+/usr/bin/rsync -aSHPv --delete --delete-excluded --exclude=.git/objects/ --exclude='*-building/'  sundries01::docs-redirects/ /srv/web/docs-redirects/
 
 # build the combined docs tree. 
 # See https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/7130
diff --git a/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync.stg b/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync.stg
index 9cfcc8d913..3410eb7c00 100755
--- a/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync.stg
+++ b/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync.stg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh                                                                                  
 
-/usr/bin/rsync -aSHPv --delete --exclude=.git/objects/ --exclude=ar.building/ sundries01::docs/ /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org/
-/usr/bin/rsync -aSHPv --delete --exclude=.git/objects/ --exclude=ar.building/ sundries01::docs-redirects/ /srv/web/docs-redirects/
+/usr/bin/rsync -aSHPv --delete --delete-excluded --exclude=.git/objects/ --exclude='*-building/' sundries01::docs/ /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org/
+/usr/bin/rsync -aSHPv --delete --delete-excluded --exclude=.git/objects/ --exclude='*-building/' sundries01::docs-redirects/ /srv/web/docs-redirects/
 
 # build the combined docs tree. 
 # See https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/7130