diff --git a/fdroidserver/deploy.py b/fdroidserver/deploy.py
index 3a775847..c624e874 100644
--- a/fdroidserver/deploy.py
+++ b/fdroidserver/deploy.py
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ def update_serverwebroot(serverwebroot, repo_section):
         files_to_upload = _get_index_file_paths(repo_section)
         files_to_upload = _remove_missing_files(files_to_upload)
 
-        rsyncargs += _get_index_file_paths(repo_section)
+        rsyncargs += files_to_upload
         rsyncargs += [f'{url}/{repo_section}/']
         logging.info(rsyncargs)
         if subprocess.call(rsyncargs) != 0: