diff --git a/src/nautilus-file-operations.c b/src/nautilus-file-operations.c
index 63fbac8ff10c9f0f514e09867cb1424d3c4121bc..ad7b6537625b75aaa9369842227992476401c1c5 100644
--- a/src/nautilus-file-operations.c
+++ b/src/nautilus-file-operations.c
@@ -5842,10 +5842,6 @@ retry:
     }
     else if (IS_IO_ERROR (error, CANCELLED))
     {
-        if (!copy_job->is_move)
-        {
-            g_file_delete (dest, NULL, NULL);
-        }
         g_error_free (error);
     }
     /* Other error */