diff --git a/bootstrap/vagrant-minimal-onap/Vagrantfile b/bootstrap/vagrant-minimal-onap/Vagrantfile
index e3b2c95..3ffa6a3 100644
--- a/bootstrap/vagrant-minimal-onap/Vagrantfile
+++ b/bootstrap/vagrant-minimal-onap/Vagrantfile
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 SCRIPT
 
 $rke_up = "rke up"
-$rke_down = "rke remove --force"
+$rke_down = "rke remove --force || true" # best effort
 
 $get_oom = <<-SCRIPT
   BRANCH="${1:-5.0.1-ONAP}"