diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/base-build.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/base-build.yaml
index d40997b7c2fa1479626fa0e68dda9eee864d66b6..9346fffae4e9948a255ebde0ce0c445b02eb4074 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/base-build.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/base-build.yaml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ build_linux:
   tags:
     - docker
   before_script:
-    - rm -f ~/.condarc
-    - rm -rf ~/.conda
+    - rm -fv ~/.condarc
+    - rm -rfv ~/.conda
   image: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-comp7
   cache:
     key: "linux-cache"
diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/docs.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/docs.yaml
index 935782357a40e73e32a8939bbf590091034b2186..1a382ff1490af52082780ebac05b655ad17f2903 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/docs.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/docs.yaml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ stages:
     - docker
   image: quay.io/condaforge/linux-anvil-comp7
   before_script:
-    - rm -f ~/.condarc
-    - rm -rf ~/.conda
+    - rm -fv ~/.condarc
+    - rm -rfv ~/.conda
     - curl --silent "${BOOTSTRAP}" --output "bootstrap.py"
     - python3 bootstrap.py -vv channel base
     - source ${CONDA_ROOT}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
index 5978b1183031c006c7b70c4fd2d5c3ba9e31963a..4290461d12bbb4228df0aad2c5fba0cd97d1bdc9 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/noarch.yaml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ stages:
 # All stages are prepared the same, with a base set of commands
 .bootstrap:
   before_script:
-    - "[ -r ~/.condarc ] && rm -f ~/.condarc"
+    - "[ -r ~/.condarc ] && rm -fv ~/.condarc"
     # remove ~/.conda if it exists unless it's a mac machine
-    - "[ -d ~/.conda ] && [ ! -d /Applications ] && rm -rf ~/.conda"
+    - "[ -d ~/.conda ] && [ ! -d /Applications ] && rm -rfv ~/.conda"
     - curl --silent "${BOOTSTRAP}" --output "bootstrap.py"
     - python3 bootstrap.py -vv channel bdt
     - source ${CONDA_ROOT}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
diff --git a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
index d85782fed7495fc2c930e3b68ea715bd75ecb36d..81ea1b8e7fe0e5e12a1678346edcda4322ca41df 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
+++ b/bob/devtools/data/gitlab-ci/single-package.yaml
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ stages:
 # All stages are prepared the same, with a base set of commands
 .bootstrap:
   before_script:
-    - "[ -r ~/.condarc ] && rm -f ~/.condarc"
+    - "[ -r ~/.condarc ] && rm -fv ~/.condarc"
     # remove ~/.conda if it exists unless it's a mac machine
-    - "[ -d ~/.conda ] && [ ! -d /Applications ] && rm -rf ~/.conda"
+    - "[ -d ~/.conda ] && [ ! -d /Applications ] && rm -rfv ~/.conda"
     - curl --silent "${BOOTSTRAP}" --output "bootstrap.py"
     - python3 bootstrap.py -vv channel bdt
     - source ${CONDA_ROOT}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh