diff --git a/astronaut/xbps-astronaut b/astronaut/xbps-astronaut
index eaea719..b0c2cbd 100755
--- a/astronaut/xbps-astronaut
+++ b/astronaut/xbps-astronaut
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ _nuke_dir_install=true
 # _dir_xbps should be set from a configuration file (e.g. ~/.astronaut.conf), and points to wherever you want your packages to be placed.
 [ "$_dir_xbps" ] && mkdir -p "$_dir_xbps" && cd "$_dir_xbps" || cd "$_topdir"
 xbps-create -A "$(uname -m)" -n "$_satname-${version}_astro" -s "Generated with xbps-astronaut" -H "$update_url" "$dir_install"
-rm -rf "$dir_install"
 xbps-rindex -f -a "$_satname-${version}_astro.$(uname -m).xbps"