diff --git a/cmake/Install.cmake b/cmake/Install.cmake
index add0b84fb..bd5e0dcd6 100644
--- a/cmake/Install.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Install.cmake
@@ -59,14 +59,6 @@ FUNCTION(FISH_CREATE_DIRS)
   ENDFOREACH(dir)
 ENDFUNCTION(FISH_CREATE_DIRS)
 
-FUNCTION(FISH_TRY_REMOVE)
-    FOREACH(dir ${ARGV})
-        IF(EXISTS ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${dir})
-            FILE(REMOVE_RECURSE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${dir})
-        ENDIF()
-    ENDFOREACH()
-ENDFUNCTION(FISH_TRY_REMOVE)
-
 FUNCTION(FISH_TRY_CREATE_DIRS)
   FOREACH(dir ${ARGV})
     IF(NOT IS_ABSOLUTE ${dir})
@@ -98,8 +90,6 @@ INSTALL(TARGETS ${PROGRAMS}
 FISH_CREATE_DIRS(${sysconfdir}/fish/conf.d)
 INSTALL(FILES etc/config.fish DESTINATION ${sysconfdir}/fish/)
 
-FISH_TRY_REMOVE(${rel_datadir}/fish)
-
 FISH_CREATE_DIRS(${rel_datadir}/fish ${rel_datadir}/fish/completions
                  ${rel_datadir}/fish/functions ${rel_datadir}/fish/groff
                  ${rel_datadir}/fish/man/man1 ${rel_datadir}/fish/tools