diff --git a/tools/redirects/update-shortlinks.bash b/tools/redirects/update-shortlinks.bash
index 6447a845..12658148 100755
--- a/tools/redirects/update-shortlinks.bash
+++ b/tools/redirects/update-shortlinks.bash
@@ -55,7 +55,4 @@ git add -A
 git commit -m "Update blog shortlinks"
 git push -q
 
-# Clean up
-rm -r ${workdir}
-
 echo "All files cleaned up; update complete!"