diff --git a/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/cvo/reconcile.go b/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/cvo/reconcile.go
index cbb48e5778..481cb256b7 100644
--- a/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/cvo/reconcile.go
+++ b/control-plane-operator/controllers/hostedcontrolplane/cvo/reconcile.go
@@ -256,9 +256,10 @@ func preparePayloadScript(platformType hyperv1.PlatformType, oauthEnabled bool)
 	var stmts []string
 
 	stmts = append(stmts,
+		fmt.Sprintf("ls -la /manifests"),
 		fmt.Sprintf("cp -R /manifests %s/", payloadDir),
-		fmt.Sprintf("rm %s/manifests/*_deployment.yaml", payloadDir),
-		fmt.Sprintf("rm %s/manifests/*_servicemonitor.yaml", payloadDir),
+		fmt.Sprintf("rm -f %s/manifests/*_deployment.yaml", payloadDir),
+		fmt.Sprintf("rm -f %s/manifests/*_servicemonitor.yaml", payloadDir),
 		fmt.Sprintf("cp -R /release-manifests %s/", payloadDir),
 	)
 	for _, manifest := range manifestsToOmit {
@@ -267,10 +268,10 @@ func preparePayloadScript(platformType hyperv1.PlatformType, oauthEnabled bool)
 				continue
 			}
 		}
-		stmts = append(stmts, fmt.Sprintf("rm %s", path.Join(payloadDir, "release-manifests", manifest)))
+		stmts = append(stmts, fmt.Sprintf("rm -f %s", path.Join(payloadDir, "release-manifests", manifest)))
 	}
 	if !oauthEnabled {
-		stmts = append(stmts, fmt.Sprintf("rm %s", path.Join(payloadDir, "release-manifests", "0000_50_console-operator_01-oauth.yaml")))
+		stmts = append(stmts, fmt.Sprintf("rm -f %s", path.Join(payloadDir, "release-manifests", "0000_50_console-operator_01-oauth.yaml")))
 	}
 	toRemove := ResourcesToRemove(platformType)
 	if len(toRemove) > 0 {
@@ -344,7 +345,7 @@ oc get ns openshift-config &> /dev/null || oc create ns openshift-config
 oc get ns openshift-config-managed &> /dev/null || oc create ns openshift-config-managed
 
 oc apply -f ${MANIFEST_DIR}/0000_00_cluster-version-operator_01_clusterversions-Default.crd.yaml
-oc create -f /tmp/clusterversion.json
+oc apply -f /tmp/clusterversion.json
 oc get config/version -oyaml
 
 while true; do