1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/luarocks/rep.lua b/src/luarocks/rep.lua
index 90b79fcd..6c359bec 100644
--- a/src/luarocks/rep.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/rep.lua
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ function deploy_files(name, version)
             end
             fs.make_dir(dir.dir_name(target))
             ok, err = move_fn(source, target)
+            fs.remove_dir_tree_if_empty(dir.dir_name(source))
             if not ok then return nil, err end
             return true
          end