diff --git a/src/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index 8452bff224e71cafb5b62bed1c7b1aec370705ff..918467983f191cd74687dbadb8b5d127129653c9 100644
--- a/src/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -865,8 +865,6 @@ void cleanTopFolders(const Options &options, const QDir &srcDir, const QString &
 
 void cleanAndroidFiles(const Options &options)
 {
-    deleteRecursively(options.outputDirectory + "assets");
-
     if (!options.androidSourceDirectory.isEmpty())
         cleanTopFolders(options, options.androidSourceDirectory, options.outputDirectory);