diff --git a/bin/publish-maven-artifacts b/bin/publish-maven-artifacts
index 3b370b7d1c3..92a788b43de 100755
--- a/bin/publish-maven-artifacts
+++ b/bin/publish-maven-artifacts
@@ -47,10 +47,8 @@ set -x -e
 rm -rfv ~/.m2/repository/org/jetbrains/kotlin
 
 rm -rf /tmp/kotlin-dependencies
-[ -d dependencies ] && mv dependencies /tmp/kotlin-dependencies
 git clean -f -d -x
 git reset --hard
-[ -d /tmp/kotlin-dependencies ] && mv /tmp/kotlin-dependencies dependencies
 
 ant -f update_dependencies.xml
 ant -f build.xml -Dbuild.number=$BUILD dist