diff --git a/source/doit.sh b/source/doit.sh
index 6ade0c2..7956f15 100755
--- a/source/doit.sh
+++ b/source/doit.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -e
 set -x
 [ -n "$DESTDIR" ] || export DESTDIR=$HOME/prefix
 
-rm -rf $DESTDIR
 make clean || true # ignore failures
 
 aclocal