diff --git a/build/build.xml b/build/build.xml
index 17bca3517..bdc07d600 100644
--- a/build/build.xml
+++ b/build/build.xml
@@ -1410,6 +1410,7 @@
           <fileset dir="${jfx.path.dist}/legal" includes="**"/>
         </copy>
 
+        <delete failonerror="false" dir="${jfx.path.dist}" />
       </then>
     </if>