diff --git a/nextcloud/root/etc/cont-init.d/51-ocr b/nextcloud/root/etc/cont-init.d/51-ocr
index 1968d06a7..149a6a16b 100644
--- a/nextcloud/root/etc/cont-init.d/51-ocr
+++ b/nextcloud/root/etc/cont-init.d/51-ocr
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 if bashio::config.has_value 'OCR'; then
     if $(bashio::config 'OCR') = true; then
         bashio::log.info 'Installing OCR'
-        apk del tesseract* || true
         apk add --no-cache tesseract-ocr@community
         # Install additional language if requested
         if bashio::config.has_value 'OCRLANG'; then