diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1e398916..bf701c3b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ The **patch** part changes incrementally at each release.
 
 ### Fixed
 
+* certbot: sync_remote excludes itself
+
 ### Removed
 
 ### Security
diff --git a/certbot/files/hooks/deploy/sync_remote.sh b/certbot/files/hooks/deploy/sync_remote.sh
index 08006b38..d1721fdb 100644
--- a/certbot/files/hooks/deploy/sync_remote.sh
+++ b/certbot/files/hooks/deploy/sync_remote.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ main() {
             rsync --archive --copy-links --delete "${RENEWED_LINEAGE}/" "${remote_host}:${remote_lineage}/" \
                 || error "Couldn't sync certificate on ${server}"
 
-            rsync --archive --copy-links --delete --exclude $0 --delete-excluded "${hooks_dir}/" "${remote_host}:${remote_dir}/hooks/" \
+            rsync --archive --copy-links --delete --exclude "$(basename "$0")" --delete-excluded "${hooks_dir}/" "${remote_host}:${remote_dir}/hooks/" \
                 || error "Couldn't sync hooks on ${server}"
 
             # shellcheck disable=SC2029