diff --git a/build/ansible/pmm-docker/update.yml b/build/ansible/pmm-docker/update.yml
index 019dcc8f98..003de6179f 100644
--- a/build/ansible/pmm-docker/update.yml
+++ b/build/ansible/pmm-docker/update.yml
@@ -170,3 +170,8 @@
       file:
         state: absent
         path: /usr/share/pmm-server/maintenance/maintenance.html
+
+    - name: Remove the file provisioned by 'getStatus'
+      file:
+        state: absent
+        path: /srv/pmm-update.json
diff --git a/build/ansible/roles/initialization/tasks/main.yml b/build/ansible/roles/initialization/tasks/main.yml
index 8715815ad3..21ff3f4185 100644
--- a/build/ansible/roles/initialization/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/build/ansible/roles/initialization/tasks/main.yml
@@ -139,4 +139,9 @@
     file:
       state: absent
       path: /usr/share/pmm-server/maintenance/maintenance.html
+
+  - name: Remove the file provisioned by 'getStatus'
+    file:
+      state: absent
+      path: /srv/pmm-update.json      
   when: need_initialization or need_upgrade