diff --git a/keycloakify-json-schema.json b/keycloakify-json-schema.json
index a1f05895..a6cc302f 100644
--- a/keycloakify-json-schema.json
+++ b/keycloakify-json-schema.json
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@
                         },
                         "themeName": {
                             "type": "string"
-                        },
-                        "keepBuildDir": {
-                            "type": "boolean"
                         }
                     },
                     "additionalProperties": false
diff --git a/src/bin/keycloakify/BuildOptions.ts b/src/bin/keycloakify/BuildOptions.ts
index 1d4de342..30831022 100644
--- a/src/bin/keycloakify/BuildOptions.ts
+++ b/src/bin/keycloakify/BuildOptions.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export namespace BuildOptions {
         /** Directory that keycloakify outputs to. Defaults to {cwd}/build_keycloak */
         keycloakifyBuildDirPath: string;
         customUserAttributes: string[];
-        keepBuildDir: boolean;
     };
 
     export type Standalone = Common & {
@@ -99,17 +98,8 @@ export function readBuildOptions(params: { projectDirPath: string; isExternalAss
     const common: BuildOptions.Common = (() => {
         const { name, keycloakify = {}, version, homepage } = parsedPackageJson;
 
-        const {
-            extraPages,
-            extraLoginPages,
-            extraAccountPages,
-            extraThemeProperties,
-            groupId,
-            artifactId,
-            bundler,
-            keycloakVersionDefaultAssets,
-            keepBuildDir
-        } = keycloakify ?? {};
+        const { extraPages, extraLoginPages, extraAccountPages, extraThemeProperties, groupId, artifactId, bundler, keycloakVersionDefaultAssets } =
+            keycloakify ?? {};
 
         const themeName =
             keycloakify.themeName ??
@@ -189,8 +179,7 @@ export function readBuildOptions(params: { projectDirPath: string; isExternalAss
 
                 return keycloakifyBuildDirPath;
             })(),
-            "customUserAttributes": keycloakify.customUserAttributes ?? [],
-            "keepBuildDir": keepBuildDir ?? false
+            "customUserAttributes": keycloakify.customUserAttributes ?? []
         };
     })();
 
diff --git a/src/bin/keycloakify/keycloakify.ts b/src/bin/keycloakify/keycloakify.ts
index 64c9586e..2640de18 100644
--- a/src/bin/keycloakify/keycloakify.ts
+++ b/src/bin/keycloakify/keycloakify.ts
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ export async function main() {
         "isSilent": isSilent
     });
 
-    if (!buildOptions.keepBuildDir) {
-        logger.log("🧹 Cleanup files under " + buildOptions.keycloakifyBuildDirPath);
-        fs.rmSync(buildOptions.keycloakifyBuildDirPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
-    }
-
     const { doBundlesEmailTemplate } = await generateKeycloakThemeResources({
         keycloakThemeBuildingDirPath: buildOptions.keycloakifyBuildDirPath,
         "emailThemeSrcDirPath": (() => {
diff --git a/src/bin/keycloakify/parsedPackageJson.ts b/src/bin/keycloakify/parsedPackageJson.ts
index ff17c5c0..6ee593fd 100644
--- a/src/bin/keycloakify/parsedPackageJson.ts
+++ b/src/bin/keycloakify/parsedPackageJson.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export type ParsedPackageJson = {
         keycloakifyBuildDirPath?: string;
         customUserAttributes?: string[];
         themeName?: string;
-        keepBuildDir?: boolean;
     };
 };
 
@@ -47,8 +46,7 @@ export const zParsedPackageJson = z.object({
             "reactAppBuildDirPath": z.string().optional(),
             "keycloakifyBuildDirPath": z.string().optional(),
             "customUserAttributes": z.array(z.string()).optional(),
-            "themeName": z.string().optional(),
-            "keepBuildDir": z.boolean().optional()
+            "themeName": z.string().optional()
         })
         .optional()
 });