diff --git a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/lookaside.yml b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/lookaside.yml
index 3c81023183..1a51bdd43a 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/lookaside.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/lookaside.yml
@@ -56,4 +56,6 @@
 
   tasks:
   - file: dest={{intermediary}} state=absent
+    tags: cleanup
   - file: dest={{tarball}} state=absent
+    tags: cleanup