diff --git a/ansible/playbooks/apply.yml b/ansible/playbooks/apply.yml
index 6850455..389e116 100644
--- a/ansible/playbooks/apply.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbooks/apply.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@
         group: root
         mode: "0644"
 
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # Clean rsyslog.d directory to ensure exact Git sync (remove old files)
+    # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    - name: Remove all existing rsyslog.d config files
+      shell: rm -f {{ rsyslog_config_dir }}/*.conf
+      args:
+        warn: false
+
     - name: Copy new rsyslog.d configs from repo
       copy:
         src: ../../files/rsyslog.d/