diff --git a/panda/src/downloader/extractor.cxx b/panda/src/downloader/extractor.cxx
index 6c484ad9d1..614461d1d5 100644
--- a/panda/src/downloader/extractor.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/downloader/extractor.cxx
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ cleanup(void) {
   delete _mfile;
   _mfile = NULL;
   _read_stream.close();
-  _source_file.unlink();
+#  _source_file.unlink();
   _initiated = false;
 }