diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/gettext.extract.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/gettext.extract.ex
index 4cc2e88..f5ce1e0 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/gettext.extract.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/gettext.extract.ex
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Gettext.Extract do
   end
 
   defp force_compile do
-    Mix.Tasks.Compile.Elixir.clean()
-    Enum.each(Mix.Tasks.Compile.Elixir.manifests(), &File.rm/1)
-
     # If "compile" was never called, the reenabling is a no-op and
     # "compile.elixir" is a no-op as well (because it wasn't reenabled after
     # running "compile"). If "compile" was already called, then running