diff --git a/internal/git/git.go b/internal/git/git.go
index 7f3d707..f71d87c 100644
--- a/internal/git/git.go
+++ b/internal/git/git.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ func (g *Git) Worktree(
 	// this is just junk data in our use case, so get rid of it
 	if err == nil {
 		_ = os.Remove(filepath.Join(dst, ".git"))
+		_ = g.execManager.RunCmdInDir("git", []string{"worktree", "prune", "--verbose"}, cloneDir)
 	}
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/internal/git/git_public_test.go b/internal/git/git_public_test.go
index dad8272..441ff44 100644
--- a/internal/git/git_public_test.go
+++ b/internal/git/git_public_test.go
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ func (suite *GitManagerPublicTestSuite) TestWorktreeOk() {
 	suite.mockExec.EXPECT().
 		RunCmdInDir("git", []string{"worktree", "add", "--force", suite.dstDir, suite.gitVersion}, suite.cloneDir).
 		Return(nil)
+	suite.mockExec.EXPECT().
+		RunCmdInDir("git", []string{"worktree", "prune", "--verbose"}, suite.cloneDir).
+		Return(nil)
 	err := suite.gm.Worktree(suite.cloneDir, suite.gitVersion, suite.dstDir)
 	assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)
 }