diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index a5b43a27f3a6aa9bf716d775d697d6da386ff1cf..9ba5bdb85394d5a4a9a31f8befb97dedf2ff69b5 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@
 
     <!-- delete the configuration, sample index, logs and cache data -->
     <delete dir="${srcdir}/solr/alphabetical_browse" includeemptydirs="true" failonerror="true" />
-    <delete dir="${srcdir}/solr/stats/index" includeemptydirs="true" failonerror="true" />
     <delete dir="${srcdir}/solr/authority/index" includeemptydirs="true" failonerror="true" />
     <delete dir="${srcdir}/solr/authority/tlog" includeemptydirs="true" failonerror="true" />
     <delete dir="${srcdir}/solr/biblio/index" includeemptydirs="true" failonerror="true" />