diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_couchpotatoserver b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_couchpotatoserver
index df4639abb..4f4c7c8d0 100755
--- a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_couchpotatoserver
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_couchpotatoserver
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ echo "getting sources..."
   cd CouchPotatoServer.git
     git pull
     GIT_REV=`git log -n1 --format=%h`
-    rm -rf .git
   cd ..
 
 echo "copying sources..."