diff --git a/panda/src/downloader/extractor.cxx b/panda/src/downloader/extractor.cxx
index 614461d1d5..7b6bb4ee53 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;
 }