diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix b/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
index 8e5bab29474b..d9da72671c7f 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/make-tarball.nix
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ releaseTools.sourceTarball rec {
   '';
 
   distPhase = ''
-    find . -name "\.svn" -exec rm -rvf {} \; -prune
-
     mkdir -p $out/tarballs
     mkdir ../$releaseName
     cp -prd . ../$releaseName