diff --git a/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh b/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
index df8e60c3d..fe977ed76 100644
--- a/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
+++ b/seafile/rootfs/etc/cont-init.d/99-run.sh
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ for dir in "${dirs[@]}"
 do
     mkdir -p "$DATA_LOCATION/$dir"
     chown -R seafile:seafile "$DATA_LOCATION/$dir"
-    rm /shared/"$dir"
     ln -s "$DATA_LOCATION/$dir" /shared
     chown -R seafile:seafile "/shared/$dir"
 done