diff --git a/scripts/purge-stale-projects.sh b/scripts/purge-stale-projects.sh
index 26bbcb67..62190165 100644
--- a/scripts/purge-stale-projects.sh
+++ b/scripts/purge-stale-projects.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ check_scm()
 	if [ -d $p/.git ]; then
 		log + checking git
 		#git -C $p pull --no-edit || fatal "git pull failed, giving up"
-		if git -C $p status --porcelain | grep -v '^??' | grep -q . ; then
+		if git -C $p status --porcelain --untracked-files=no | grep -v '^??' | grep -q . ; then
 			git -C $p status
 			fatal "git in project \"$p\" has locally modified files, giving up"
 		fi