diff --git a/plugins/apps/subcommands/clone b/plugins/apps/subcommands/clone
index a324e91a7..d911f55f9 100755
--- a/plugins/apps/subcommands/clone
+++ b/plugins/apps/subcommands/clone
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ apps_clone_cmd() {
 
   apps_create "$NEW_APP"
   pushd "$DOKKU_ROOT/$OLD_APP/." >/dev/null
-  find ./* -not \( -name .cache \) | grep -v "./cache" | cpio -pdmu --quiet "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP"
+  find ./* \( -name ".cache" -o -name "cache" \) -prune -o -print | cpio -pdmu --quiet "$DOKKU_ROOT/$NEW_APP"
   popd >/dev/null 2>&1 || pushd "/tmp" >/dev/null
   plugn trigger post-app-clone-setup "$OLD_APP" "$NEW_APP"