diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8b0d51f79..f5d37c4b2 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ deploy:
       branch: topic-101-vm-simple-linux
 
 # TODO: possibly use Azure CLI to delete the resource group
-after_deploy: terraform destroy
+after_deploy: terraform destroy -force