diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 34a243b..29a9362 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.0",
     "moment": "^2.12.0",
     "path2": "^0.1.0",
+    "rimraf": "^2.6.2",
     "shipit-utils": "^1.1.3"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tasks/deploy/fetch.js b/tasks/deploy/fetch.js
index 0177481..b4f564f 100644
--- a/tasks/deploy/fetch.js
+++ b/tasks/deploy/fetch.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var utils = require('shipit-utils');
 var chalk = require('chalk');
 var mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
 var Promise = require('bluebird');
+var rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
 /**
  * Fetch task.
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ module.exports = function (gruntOrShipit) {
 
       if (shipit.config.shallowClone) {
         shipit.log('Deleting existing workspace "%s"', shipit.config.workspace);
-        return shipit.local('rm -rf ' + shipit.config.workspace)
+        return Promise.promisify(rimraf)(shipit.config.workspace)
         .then(create);
       }
 
diff --git a/test/mocks/rimraf.js b/test/mocks/rimraf.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3af1998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mocks/rimraf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/**
+ * Module dependencies.
+ */
+
+var sinon = require('sinon');
+
+/**
+ * Expose rimraf mock.
+ */
+
+module.exports = sinon.stub().yields();
diff --git a/test/unit/tasks/deploy/fetch.js b/test/unit/tasks/deploy/fetch.js
index 572f43f..d220854 100644
--- a/test/unit/tasks/deploy/fetch.js
+++ b/test/unit/tasks/deploy/fetch.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ var expect = require('chai').use(require('sinon-chai')).expect;
 var Shipit = require('shipit-cli');
 var fetchFactory = rewire('../../../../tasks/deploy/fetch');
 var mkdirpMock = require('../../../mocks/mkdirp');
+var rimrafMock = require('../../../mocks/rimraf');
 
 describe('deploy:fetch task', function () {
   var shipit;
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ describe('deploy:fetch task', function () {
 
     shipit.start('deploy:fetch', function (err) {
       if (err) return done(err);
-      expect(shipit.local).to.be.calledWith('rm -rf /tmp/workspace');
+      expect(rimrafMock).to.be.calledWith('/tmp/workspace');
       expect(mkdirpMock).to.be.calledWith('/tmp/workspace');
       expect(shipit.local).to.be.calledWith('git init', {cwd: '/tmp/workspace'});
       expect(shipit.local).to.be.calledWith('git remote', {cwd: '/tmp/workspace'});