--- src/package-linker.js
+++ src/package-linker.js
@@ -472,12 +472,6 @@ export default class PackageLinker {
       },
     });

-    // remove all extraneous files that weren't in the tree
-    for (const loc of possibleExtraneous) {
-      this.reporter.verbose(this.reporter.lang('verboseFileRemoveExtraneous', loc));
-      await fs.unlink(loc);
-    }
-
     // remove any empty scoped directories
     for (const scopedPath of scopedPaths) {
       const files = await fs.readdir(scopedPath);

