diff --git a/reference-architectures/backstage/backstage-quickstart/README.md b/reference-architectures/backstage/backstage-quickstart/README.md
index 90417bf..14c7dcf 100644
--- a/reference-architectures/backstage/backstage-quickstart/README.md
+++ b/reference-architectures/backstage/backstage-quickstart/README.md
@@ -373,7 +373,8 @@ permissions.
     xargs) && \
     cp backend.tf.local backend.tf && \
     terraform init -force-copy -lock=false -migrate-state && \
-    gsutil -m rm -rf gs://${TERRAFORM_BUCKET_NAME}/* && \
+    gcloud storage rm --recursive --continue-on-error \
+    gs://${TERRAFORM_BUCKET_NAME}/* && \
     terraform init && \
     terraform destroy -auto-approve  && \
     rm -rf .terraform .terraform.lock.hcl state/