diff --git a/util/make_release.py b/util/make_release.py
index 47b6678fe..f07bafe3b 100755
--- a/util/make_release.py
+++ b/util/make_release.py
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ rmtree(release_dir, 'src/mem/cache/prefetch/ghb_*.cc')
 rmtree(release_dir, 'src/mem/cache/prefetch/ghb_*.hh')
 rmtree(release_dir, 'src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride_*.cc')
 rmtree(release_dir, 'src/mem/cache/prefetch/stride_*.hh')
-rmtree(release_dir, 'src/oldmem')
 rmtree(release_dir, 'configs/fullsys')
 rmtree(release_dir, 'configs/test')
 rmtree(release_dir, 'configs/splash2')