diff --git a/utils/dirsymlink.pl b/utils/dirsymlink.pl
index d81b66cff..b88d9c180 100755
--- a/utils/dirsymlink.pl
+++ b/utils/dirsymlink.pl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ my ($shadowdir, @keepdirs) = @ARGV;
 
 mkdir($shadowdir);
 
-system(qq#rm -f "$shadowdir"/* "$shadowdir"/.*#);
+# system(qq#rm -f "$shadowdir"/* "$shadowdir"/.*#);
 
 for my $k(@keepdirs) {
   unlink("$shadowdir/$k");