diff --git a/misc/buildrelease b/misc/buildrelease
index 2cf9ddc01e..99cbda4ab3 100644
--- a/misc/buildrelease
+++ b/misc/buildrelease
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ if (-e "$roothomedir/docs") {
 
 chdir("/tmp");
 system("tar czf /tmp/koha-$releaseversion.tar.gz koha-".$releaseversion);
-#system("rm -rf $rootdir");
+system("rm -rf $rootdir");
 
 print qq|
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