diff --git a/taca/illumina/Runs.py b/taca/illumina/Runs.py
index dc9928fb..f55a8a42 100644
--- a/taca/illumina/Runs.py
+++ b/taca/illumina/Runs.py
@@ -713,7 +713,6 @@ def _process_simple_lane_with_single_demux(
         if os.path.exists(source_html_report_laneBarcode) and os.path.exists(
             dest_html_report_laneBarcode
         ):
-            os.remove(dest_html_report_laneBarcode)
             html_report_laneBarcode_parser = LaneBarcodeParser(
                 source_html_report_laneBarcode
             )