diff --git a/compos/composd/src/odrefresh_task.rs b/compos/composd/src/odrefresh_task.rs
index bcdf2f4..b7de479 100644
--- a/compos/composd/src/odrefresh_task.rs
+++ b/compos/composd/src/odrefresh_task.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     ICompilationTask::ICompilationTask, ICompilationTaskCallback::ICompilationTaskCallback,
 };
 use android_system_composd::binder::{Interface, Result as BinderResult, Strong};
-use anyhow::{anyhow, bail, Context, Result};
+use anyhow::{bail, Context, Result};
 use compos_aidl_interface::aidl::com::android::compos::ICompOsService::ICompOsService;
 use compos_common::odrefresh::ExitCode;
 use log::{error, warn};
@@ -113,7 +113,10 @@
     // (and can't see the existing one, since authfs doesn't show it existing files in an output
     // directory).
     let target_path = output_root.join(target_dir_name);
-    remove_dir_all(&target_path).with_context(|| anyhow!("Deleting {}", target_path.display()))?;
+    if target_path.exists() {
+        remove_dir_all(&target_path)
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to delete {}", target_path.display()))?;
+    }
 
     let staging_dir = open_dir(composd_native::palette_create_odrefresh_staging_directory()?)?;
     let system_dir = open_dir(Path::new("/system"))?;