diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cd671f2..1ffb1ec 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ toolchain go1.24.0
 
 // replace github.com/picosh/send => ../send
 
-// replace github.com/picosh/go-rsync-receiver => ../go-rsync-receiver
+replace github.com/picosh/go-rsync-receiver => ../go-rsync-receiver
 
 // replace github.com/picosh/pobj => ../pobj
 
diff --git a/pkg/send/protocols/rsync/rsync.go b/pkg/send/protocols/rsync/rsync.go
index 8549190..d3224c0 100644
--- a/pkg/send/protocols/rsync/rsync.go
+++ b/pkg/send/protocols/rsync/rsync.go
@@ -185,6 +185,11 @@ func Middleware(writeHandler utils.CopyFromClientHandler) pssh.SSHServerMiddlewa
 			}()
 
 			cmdFlags := session.Command()
+			flgs := cmdFlags[1:]
+			for idx, f := range flgs {
+				// openrsync sends "delete-before" when the client provided "delete"
+				flgs[idx] = strings.ReplaceAll(f, "delete-before", "delete")
+			}
 
 			optsCtx, err := rsyncopts.ParseArguments(cmdFlags[1:], true)
 			if err != nil {