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-rw-r--r--buildstream/source.py3
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/buildstream/source.py b/buildstream/source.py
index f044ca406..83386f45f 100644
--- a/buildstream/source.py
+++ b/buildstream/source.py
@@ -252,9 +252,6 @@ class Source(Plugin):
directory = os.path.join(directory, self.__directory.lstrip(os.sep))
os.makedirs(directory, exist_ok=True)
- if os.listdir(directory):
- raise SourceError("Staging directory in '{}' not empty".format(directory))
-
if self._has_workspace():
self._stage_workspace(directory)
else: