diff --git a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
index 04909cd7921..d7ae0299dd6 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
+++ b/src/bootstrap/bootstrap.py
@@ -1092,9 +1092,6 @@ class RustBuild(object):
             if not os.path.exists(cargo_dir):
                 eprint('ERROR: vendoring required, but .cargo/config does not exist.')
                 raise Exception("{} not found".format(cargo_dir))
-        else:
-            if os.path.exists(cargo_dir):
-                shutil.rmtree(cargo_dir)
 
 def parse_args(args):
     """Parse the command line arguments that the python script needs."""