diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 2ef98b8b4..61d5076ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ jobs:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
           # Build output to publish to the `gh-pages` branch:
           publish_dir: ./build
+          force_orphan: true
+          clean: true
           # The following lines assign commit authorship to the official
           # GH-Actions bot for deploys to `gh-pages` branch:
           # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/13#issuecomment-724415212