diff --git a/deploy/sync-to-vm.sh b/deploy/sync-to-vm.sh
index 4253478..1744083 100755
--- a/deploy/sync-to-vm.sh
+++ b/deploy/sync-to-vm.sh
@@ -96,12 +96,15 @@ for entry in "${MOUNT_PATTERNS[@]}"; do
     ssh_cmd "mkdir -p ${remote_path}"
 
     # Sync with rsync (fall back to scp if rsync unavailable)
+    # Exclude generated/cached content that gets recreated on the remote
     if command -v rsync &>/dev/null; then
       rsync -az --progress \
         --exclude='node_modules' \
         --exclude='__pycache__' \
         --exclude='.venv' \
         --exclude='*.pyc' \
+        --exclude='cli/cache' \
+        --exclude='sso/cache' \
         -e "ssh ${SSH_OPTS}" "${local_path}/" "${SSH_HOST}:${remote_path}/"
     else
       scp -o "ControlPath=${CTRL_SOCKET}" -r "${local_path}/." "${SSH_HOST}:${remote_path}/"