diff --git a/src/command/utils.rs b/src/command/utils.rs
index 7c6ec0cf..4a735e2f 100644
--- a/src/command/utils.rs
+++ b/src/command/utils.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ fn find_manifest_from_cwd() -> Result<PathBuf, failure::Error> {
 
 /// Construct our `pkg` directory in the crate.
 pub fn create_pkg_dir(out_dir: &Path) -> Result<(), failure::Error> {
-    let _ = fs::remove_dir_all(&out_dir); // Clean up any existing directory and ignore errors
     fs::create_dir_all(&out_dir)?;
     fs::write(out_dir.join(".gitignore"), "*")?;
     Ok(())