diff --git a/src/etc/command_help.txt b/src/etc/command_help.txt
index 51ae022..d730f3b 100644
--- a/src/etc/command_help.txt
+++ b/src/etc/command_help.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ Commands for Operation:
   up          Bring up the whole instance, a project or service(s) inside a project
   down        Bring down the whole instance, a project or service(s) inside a project
   update      Update the whole instance, a project or service(s) inside a project
-  clean       Cleanly sync all configs to target folder, then relaunch affected projects
   purge       Remove all running docker artifacts of this instance
 
 Commands for Instance Management:
diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/__init__.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/__init__.py
index 76ff7ab..aed1a90 100644
--- a/src/kiwi/subcommands/__init__.py
+++ b/src/kiwi/subcommands/__init__.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # local
-from ._hidden import ConfCopyCommand, ConfPurgeCommand, NetUpCommand
+from ._hidden import ConfCopyCommand, NetUpCommand
 
 from .build import BuildCommand
-from .clean import CleanCommand
 from .cmd import CmdCommand
 from .config import ConfigCommand
 from .disable import DisableCommand
@@ -20,11 +19,9 @@ from .update import UpdateCommand
 
 __all__ = [
     'ConfCopyCommand',
-    'ConfPurgeCommand',
     'NetUpCommand',
 
     'BuildCommand',
-    'CleanCommand',
     'CmdCommand',
     'ConfigCommand',
     'DisableCommand',
diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/_hidden.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/_hidden.py
index bd7bbc8..28ce50d 100644
--- a/src/kiwi/subcommands/_hidden.py
+++ b/src/kiwi/subcommands/_hidden.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class ConfCopyCommand(SubCommand):
         conf_dirs = [
             project.conf_dir_name()
             for project in Projects.from_dir().filter_enabled()
+            if project.has_configs()
         ]
 
         if conf_dirs:
@@ -33,33 +34,12 @@ class ConfCopyCommand(SubCommand):
             logging.info(f"Sync directories: {conf_dirs}")
 
             Rootkit('rsync').run([
-                'rsync', '-r', *prefix_path_mnt(conf_dirs)
+                'rsync', '-rpt', '--delete', *prefix_path_mnt(conf_dirs)
             ], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
 
         return True
 
 
-class ConfPurgeCommand(SubCommand):
-    """kiwi conf-purge"""
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__(
-            'conf-purge',
-            action="Removing all configs for", add_parser=False,
-            description="Remove all config files in target directory"
-        )
-
-    def _run_instance(self, runner, args):
-        conf_target = f"{LoadedConfig.get()['runtime:storage']}/{CONF_DIRECTORY_NAME}"
-        logging.info(f"Purging directories: {conf_target}")
-
-        Rootkit().run([
-            'rm', '-rf', prefix_path_mnt(conf_target)
-        ], stdout=subprocess.DEVNULL, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
-
-        return True
-
-
 def _find_net(net_name):
     ps = Executable('docker').run([
         'network', 'ls', '--filter', f"name={net_name}", '--format', '{{.Name}}'
diff --git a/src/kiwi/subcommands/clean.py b/src/kiwi/subcommands/clean.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 22422e5..0000000
--- a/src/kiwi/subcommands/clean.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-from ..projects import Projects
-from ..subcommand import SubCommand
-
-
-class CleanCommand(SubCommand):
-    """kiwi clean"""
-
-    def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__(
-            'clean',
-            action="Cleaning all configs for",
-            description="Cleanly sync all configs to target folder, then relaunch affected projects"
-        )
-
-    def _run_instance(self, runner, args):
-        result = True
-
-        affected_projects = [
-            project.get_name()
-            for project in Projects.from_dir()
-            if project.has_configs()
-        ]
-
-        for project_name in affected_projects:
-            args.projects = project_name
-            result &= runner.run('down')
-
-        # cleanly sync configs
-        result &= runner.run('conf-purge')
-        result &= runner.run('conf-copy')
-
-        # bring projects back up
-        for project_name in affected_projects:
-            args.projects = project_name
-            result &= runner.run('up')
-
-        return result