diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/ReleaseTask.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/ReleaseTask.php
index 98fec7d..bf42643 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/ReleaseTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/ReleaseTask.php
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ class ReleaseTask extends AbstractTask implements IsReleaseAware, SkipOnOverride
 
             $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command);
 
+            if ($result) {
+                $this->cleanUpReleases();
+            }
+
             return $result;
 
         } else {
@@ -97,4 +101,44 @@ class ReleaseTask extends AbstractTask implements IsReleaseAware, SkipOnOverride
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Removes old releases
+     */
+    protected function cleanUpReleases()
+    {
+        // Count Releases
+        if ($this->getConfig()->release('enabled', false) == true) {
+            $releasesDirectory = $this->getConfig()->release('directory', 'releases');
+            $symlink = $this->getConfig()->release('symlink', 'current');
+
+            if (substr($symlink, 0, 1) == '/') {
+                $releasesDirectory = rtrim($this->getConfig()->deployment('to'), '/') . '/' . $releasesDirectory;
+            }
+
+            $maxReleases = $this->getConfig()->release('max', false);
+            if (($maxReleases !== false) && ($maxReleases > 0)) {
+                $releasesList = '';
+                $countReleasesFetch = $this->runCommandRemote('ls -1 ' . $releasesDirectory, $releasesList);
+                $releasesList = trim($releasesList);
+
+                if ($countReleasesFetch && $releasesList != '') {
+                    $releasesList = explode(PHP_EOL, $releasesList);
+                    if (count($releasesList) > $maxReleases) {
+                        $releasesToDelete = array_diff($releasesList, array($this->getConfig()->getReleaseId()));
+                        sort($releasesToDelete);
+                        $releasesToDeleteCount = count($releasesToDelete) - $maxReleases;
+                        $releasesToDelete = array_slice($releasesToDelete, 0, $releasesToDeleteCount + 1);
+
+                        foreach ($releasesToDelete as $releaseIdToDelete) {
+                            $directoryToDelete = $releasesDirectory . '/' . $releaseIdToDelete;
+                            if ($directoryToDelete != '/') {
+                                $command = 'rm -rf ' . $directoryToDelete;
+                                $this->runCommandRemote($command);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/BaseStrategyTaskAbstract.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/BaseStrategyTaskAbstract.php
index 3078514..5affe97 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/BaseStrategyTaskAbstract.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/BaseStrategyTaskAbstract.php
@@ -62,45 +62,4 @@ abstract class BaseStrategyTaskAbstract extends AbstractTask implements IsReleas
 
         return array_merge($excludes, $userExcludes);
     }
-
-    /**
-     * Removes old releases
-     */
-    protected function cleanUpReleases()
-    {
-        // Count Releases
-        if ($this->getConfig()->release('enabled', false) == true) {
-            $releasesDirectory = $this->getConfig()->release('directory', 'releases');
-            $symlink = $this->getConfig()->release('symlink', 'current');
-
-            if (substr($symlink, 0, 1) == '/') {
-                $releasesDirectory = rtrim($this->getConfig()->deployment('to'), '/') . '/' . $releasesDirectory;
-            }
-
-            $maxReleases = $this->getConfig()->release('max', false);
-            if (($maxReleases !== false) && ($maxReleases > 0)) {
-                $releasesList = '';
-                $countReleasesFetch = $this->runCommandRemote('ls -1 ' . $releasesDirectory, $releasesList);
-                $releasesList = trim($releasesList);
-
-                if ($countReleasesFetch && $releasesList != '') {
-                    $releasesList = explode(PHP_EOL, $releasesList);
-                    if (count($releasesList) > $maxReleases) {
-                        $releasesToDelete = array_diff($releasesList, array($this->getConfig()->getReleaseId()));
-                        sort($releasesToDelete);
-                        $releasesToDeleteCount = count($releasesToDelete) - $maxReleases;
-                        $releasesToDelete = array_slice($releasesToDelete, 0, $releasesToDeleteCount + 1);
-
-                        foreach ($releasesToDelete as $releaseIdToDelete) {
-                            $directoryToDelete = $releasesDirectory . '/' . $releaseIdToDelete;
-                            if ($directoryToDelete != '/') {
-                                $command = 'rm -rf ' . $directoryToDelete;
-                                $this->runCommandRemote($command);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
 }
diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/GitRebaseTask.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/GitRebaseTask.php
index 4f82761..a7e4774 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/GitRebaseTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/GitRebaseTask.php
@@ -97,8 +97,6 @@ class GitRebaseTask extends BaseStrategyTaskAbstract implements IsReleaseAware
             $result = $this->runCommandRemote($command) && $result;
         }
 
-        $this->cleanUpReleases();
-
         return $result;
     }
 }
diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/RsyncTask.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/RsyncTask.php
index 4392265..2dbdb7d 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/RsyncTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/RsyncTask.php
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ class RsyncTask extends BaseStrategyTaskAbstract implements IsReleaseAware
                  . $this->getConfig()->deployment('user') . '@' . $this->getConfig()->getHostName() . ':' . $deployToDirectory;
         $result = $this->runCommandLocal($command);
 
-        $this->cleanUpReleases();
-
         return $result;
     }
 
diff --git a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/TarGzTask.php b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/TarGzTask.php
index 7ba1dcd..2077eb7 100644
--- a/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/TarGzTask.php
+++ b/Mage/Task/BuiltIn/Deployment/Strategy/TarGzTask.php
@@ -111,8 +111,6 @@ class TarGzTask extends BaseStrategyTaskAbstract implements IsReleaseAware
         $command = 'rm ' . $localTarGz . ' ' . $localTarGz . '.tar.gz';
         $result = $this->runCommandLocal($command) && $result;
 
-        $this->cleanUpReleases();
-
         return $result;
     }
 }