diff --git a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/92_setup-xbmc b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/92_setup-xbmc
index d0c6163031..2af3d091c5 100644
--- a/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/92_setup-xbmc
+++ b/packages/mediacenter/xbmc/init.d/92_setup-xbmc
@@ -24,15 +24,6 @@
 
 progress "setup XBMC"
 
-#
-# clean temp dir
-#
-  # hack... we should always clean this temp dir, but we should keep
-  # the logfiles in debug mode
-  if [ ! "$DEBUG" = "yes" ]; then
-    rm -rf $HOME/.xbmc/temp/*
-  fi
-
 #
 # add some default settings
 #