diff --git a/pelicanconf.py b/pelicanconf.py
index aa708af..5565b03 100644
--- a/pelicanconf.py
+++ b/pelicanconf.py
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ EXTRA_PATH_METADATA = {
 }
 USE_FOLDER_AS_CATEGORY = True
 DEFAULT_PAGINATION = False
-DELETE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = True
 SLUGIFY_SOURCE = 'basename'
 
 # Blogroll