diff --git a/scripts/clean-gh-pages.sh b/scripts/clean-gh-pages.sh
index b19f76e8b8b7..d8f77e27b81c 100755
--- a/scripts/clean-gh-pages.sh
+++ b/scripts/clean-gh-pages.sh
@@ -4,36 +4,30 @@ set -e  # Exit on error
 
 echo "Starting gh-pages branch cleanup..."
 
-REMOVE_PATHS_FILE="/tmp/remove-paths.txt"
-> "$REMOVE_PATHS_FILE"
-
 dirs_with_visible_files=$(git ls-tree -r origin/gh-pages:pr-preview --name-only 2>/dev/null | \
     grep -v '/\.' | \
     cut -d/ -f1 | \
     sort -u || true)
 
-all_dirs=$(git ls-tree -d origin/gh-pages:pr-preview --name-only 2>/dev/null || true)
-
-if [ -z "$all_dirs" ]; then
-    echo "No directories found in pr-preview or pr-preview does not exist"
-    rm "$REMOVE_PATHS_FILE"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
 while IFS= read -r dir; do
     if [ -n "$dir" ]; then
         if ! echo "$dirs_with_visible_files" | grep -q "^${dir}$"; then
             dir_path="pr-preview/$dir"
             echo "Found directory to remove: $dir_path"
-            echo "$dir_path" >> "$REMOVE_PATHS_FILE"
         fi
     fi
 done <<< "$all_dirs"
 
-if [ ! -s "$REMOVE_PATHS_FILE" ]; then
-    echo "No empty or hidden-file-only directories found. Nothing to clean up."
-    rm "$REMOVE_PATHS_FILE"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-uvx git-filter-repo@2.47.0 --paths-from-file "$REMOVE_PATHS_FILE" --invert-paths --refs origin/gh-pages
+CALLBACK="
+    root, *rest = filename.split(b'/')
+    keep = b'''$dirs_with_visible_files'''.splitlines()
+    if root != b'pr-preview':
+        # keep anything outside of pr-preview
+        return filename
+    elif rest and rest[0] not in keep:
+        return None
+    else:
+        return filename
+"
+
+uvx git-filter-repo@2.47.0 --filename-callback "$CALLBACK" --refs origin/gh-pages