diff --git a/rpm/build_rpms.bsh b/rpm/build_rpms.bsh
index 08505cb2..cc3fd62e 100755
--- a/rpm/build_rpms.bsh
+++ b/rpm/build_rpms.bsh
@@ -161,10 +161,6 @@ pushd ${CURDIR}/..
   #I started running out of space in the docker, so I needed to copy a little less waste
   tar -c . --exclude tmptar --exclude repos | tar -x -C ${CURDIR}/tmptar/git-lfs-${LFS_VERSION}/
 popd
-pushd ${CURDIR}/tmptar/git-lfs-${LFS_VERSION}
-  git clean -xdf
-  rm -rvf .git
-popd
 pushd ${CURDIR}/tmptar
   tar -zcf ${CURDIR}/SOURCES/git-lfs-${LFS_VERSION}.tar.gz git-lfs-${LFS_VERSION}
 popd