diff --git a/mpab-functions b/mpab-functions
index 9b0344a..fbfa18c 100644
--- a/mpab-functions
+++ b/mpab-functions
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ function buildPorts()
       ln -s ${baseDir}/progress.log ${chrootPath}/var/tmp/progress.log
    fi
    mkdir -p ${baseDir}/failcache
-   rsync -a --delete ${baseDir}/failcache ${chrootPath}/var/tmp
+   rsync -a ${baseDir}/failcache ${chrootPath}/var/tmp
 
    chrootExec buildports