diff --git a/parm/config/gfs/config.cleanup b/parm/config/gfs/config.cleanup
index be24467062..1908c91bb5 100644
--- a/parm/config/gfs/config.cleanup
+++ b/parm/config/gfs/config.cleanup
@@ -12,4 +12,14 @@ export CLEANUP_COM="YES"   # NO=retain ROTDIR.  YES default in cleanup.sh
 export RMOLDSTD=144
 export RMOLDEND=24
 
+# Specify the list of files to exclude from the first stage of cleanup
+# Because arrays cannot be exported, list is a single string of comma-
+# separated values. This string is split to form an array at runtime.
+case ${RUN} in
+	gdas | gfs)	exclude_string="*prepbufr*, *cnvstat*, *atmanl.nc" ;;
+	enkf*)      exclude_string="*f006.ens*" ;;
+	*)			exclude_string="" ;;
+esac
+export exclude_string
+
 echo "END: config.cleanup"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/exglobal_cleanup.sh b/scripts/exglobal_cleanup.sh
index ecb66c686c..5d7c0a9788 100755
--- a/scripts/exglobal_cleanup.sh
+++ b/scripts/exglobal_cleanup.sh
@@ -33,18 +33,18 @@ function remove_files() {
         echo "No directory ${directory} to remove files from, skiping"
         return
     fi
-    local exclude_string=""
+    local find_exclude_string=""
     for exclude in "$@"; do
-        exclude_string+="${exclude_string} -name ${exclude} -or"
+        find_exclude_string+="${find_exclude_string} -name ${exclude} -or"
     done
     # Chop off any trailing or
-    exclude_string="${exclude_string[*]/%-or}"
+    find_exclude_string="${find_exclude_string[*]/%-or}"
     # Remove all regular files that do not match
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    find "${directory}" -type f -not \( ${exclude_string} \) -delete
+    find "${directory}" -type f -not \( ${find_exclude_string} \) -delete
     # Remove all symlinks that do not match
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    find "${directory}" -type l -not \( ${exclude_string} \) -delete
+    find "${directory}" -type l -not \( ${find_exclude_string} \) -delete
     # Remove any empty directories
     find "${directory}" -type d -empty -delete
 }
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ for (( current_date=first_date; current_date <= last_date; \
         if [[ $(tail -n 1 "${rocotolog}") =~ "This cycle is complete: Success" ]]; then
             YMD="${current_PDY}" HH="${current_cyc}" generate_com COM_TOP
             if [[ -d "${COM_TOP}" ]]; then
-                exclude_list=("*prepbufr*" "*cnvstat*" "*atmanl.nc")
+                IFS=", " read -r -a exclude_list <<< "${exclude_string:-}"
                 remove_files "${COM_TOP}" "${exclude_list[@]:-}"
             fi
             if [[ -d "${rtofs_dir}" ]] && (( current_date < last_rtofs )); then rm -rf "${rtofs_dir}" ; fi