diff --git a/jdk/make/common/Release.gmk b/jdk/make/common/Release.gmk
index f3a6c626d3b..18ea5949eef 100644
--- a/jdk/make/common/Release.gmk
+++ b/jdk/make/common/Release.gmk
@@ -1236,7 +1236,6 @@ ifeq ($(PLATFORM), windows)
 	$(RM) $(TEMPDIR)/rebase.input
 endif
 	$(RM) -r $(JDK_IMAGE_DIR)
-	$(RM) -r $(JDK_DEBUG_IMAGE_DIR)
 	$(RM) -r $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)
 
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