diff --git a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
index a39a0eac2c..27f484ef27 100644
--- a/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
+++ b/playbooks/groups/jenkins-cloud.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@
     tags:
     - config
 
+  - name: make sure jenkins is stopped
+    action: service name=jenkins state=stopped
+
+  - name: clean any previous plugin deployments
+    action: file state=absent path=/var/lib/jenkins/plugins
+
   - name: mkdir dir for jenkins data
     action: file state=directory path=/var/lib/jenkins/plugins/ owner=jenkins group=jenkins