diff --git a/scripts/cleanup/unusued_compilation.py b/scripts/cleanup/unusued_compilation.py
index aa582d59ab..6ad1e2da4d 100644
--- a/scripts/cleanup/unusued_compilation.py
+++ b/scripts/cleanup/unusued_compilation.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def cleanup_unused_compilation(path):
     #    starting over. Removing the "unusued_compilation_processed.txt" will start over.
     filter_file_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'unusued_compilation_processed.txt')
     filelist = filter_from_processed(filelist, filter_file_path)
-    sorted_filelist = sorted(filelist, reverse=True)
+    sorted_filelist = sorted(filelist)
     # 3. For each file
     total_files = len(sorted_filelist)
     current_files = 1