diff --git a/demo/clean-kubernetes.sh b/demo/clean-kubernetes.sh
index 09c3e1b921..b972a12ab3 100755
--- a/demo/clean-kubernetes.sh
+++ b/demo/clean-kubernetes.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ set -aueo pipefail
 # shellcheck disable=SC1091
 source .env
 
+bin/osm mesh uninstall -f --mesh-name "$MESH_NAME" --namespace "$K8S_NAMESPACE"
+
 for ns in "$BOOKWAREHOUSE_NAMESPACE" "$BOOKBUYER_NAMESPACE" "$BOOKSTORE_NAMESPACE" "$BOOKTHIEF_NAMESPACE" "$K8S_NAMESPACE"; do
     kubectl delete namespace "$ns" --ignore-not-found --wait &
 done
diff --git a/demo/run-osm-demo.sh b/demo/run-osm-demo.sh
index 31edefa5a9..36d700d027 100755
--- a/demo/run-osm-demo.sh
+++ b/demo/run-osm-demo.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ docker info > /dev/null || { echo "Docker daemon is not running"; exit 1; }
 make build-osm
 
 # cleanup stale resources from previous runs
-bin/osm mesh uninstall -f --mesh-name "$MESH_NAME" --namespace "$K8S_NAMESPACE"
 ./demo/clean-kubernetes.sh
 
 # The demo uses osm's namespace as defined by environment variables, K8S_NAMESPACE