diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 54c506fcfeb1f206959828cbd0f038468e96500a..a31b50172f930a65369b1fdf2766f469a1ab1ec2 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
   <!-- Prepare VuFind for distribution -->
   <target name="package" description="build VuFind packages for distribution">
     <!-- make sure the work area is empty, then rebuild it -->
-    <delete dir="${builddir}/packages" includeemptydirs="true" failonerror="true" />
+    <delete dir="${builddir}/packages" includeemptydirs="true" failonerror="false" />
     <mkdir dir="${builddir}/packages" />
 
     <!-- build the standard tar.gz archive -->