diff --git a/gvaweb/webtasks/tasks.py b/gvaweb/webtasks/tasks.py
index ad624ee..e980e87 100644
--- a/gvaweb/webtasks/tasks.py
+++ b/gvaweb/webtasks/tasks.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ def create_web_vhost_config(username, sitename, wildcard):
         domain=sitename, user=username,
         docroot=_build_document_root_path(sitename, username),
         wildcard=wildcard)
+    conffile = None
     try:
         nginxtemp, filename = mkstemp()
         conffile = os.fdopen(nginxtemp, 'w')
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ def delete_web_vhost_config(sitename):
     """
     try:
         subprocess.check_output([
-            SUDO_CMD, RM_CMD, _build_vhost_config_path(sitename)],
+            SUDO_CMD, RM_CMD, "-f", _build_vhost_config_path(sitename)],
             stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError as cpe:
         log_and_raise(
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@ def create_web_php_fpm_pool_config(username):
     """
     conftmpl = _get_template('fpmpool.conf')
     confdata = conftmpl.render(user=username)
+    conffile = None
     try:
         fpmtemp, filename = mkstemp()
         conffile = os.fdopen(fpmtemp, 'w')
@@ -216,7 +218,7 @@ def delete_web_php_fpm_pool_config(username):
     """
     try:
         subprocess.check_output([
-            SUDO_CMD, RM_CMD, _build_php_fpm_pool_file(username)],
+            SUDO_CMD, RM_CMD, "-f", _build_php_fpm_pool_file(username)],
             stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
         subprocess.check_output([
             SUDO_CMD, SERVICE_CMD, 'php5-fpm', 'reload'],