diff --git a/src/deployer.sh b/src/deployer.sh
index aa0d2b4..0b3c5a9 100755
--- a/src/deployer.sh
+++ b/src/deployer.sh
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ main() (
 				"${err_deployer_pid_not_readable}"
 		fi
 		pid="$(cat "${deployer_pid}")"
+		rm --force "${deployer_pid}"
 		if ! ps -p "${pid}"; then
 			fail "Deployer process with pid='${pid}' is not running." \
 				"${err_deployer_process_not_running}"