diff --git a/buffalo/cmd/build/target.go b/buffalo/cmd/build/target.go
index b1d8ef3cf..897638579 100644
--- a/buffalo/cmd/build/target.go
+++ b/buffalo/cmd/build/target.go
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ import (
 func (b *Builder) prepTarget() error {
 	// Create output directory if not exists
 	outputDir := filepath.Join(b.Root, filepath.Dir(b.Bin))
-	logrus.Debugf("preparing target dir %s", outputDir)
-	os.RemoveAll(outputDir)
-
 	if _, err := os.Stat(outputDir); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		os.MkdirAll(outputDir, 0776)
 		logrus.Debugf("creating target dir %s", outputDir)