diff --git a/src/AppInstallerCLICore/Workflows/DownloadFlow.cpp b/src/AppInstallerCLICore/Workflows/DownloadFlow.cpp
index 307851bfa3..be853966df 100644
--- a/src/AppInstallerCLICore/Workflows/DownloadFlow.cpp
+++ b/src/AppInstallerCLICore/Workflows/DownloadFlow.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,17 @@ namespace AppInstaller::CLI::Workflow
             try
             {
                 std::filesystem::remove(path);
+
+                // It is assumed that the parent of the installer path will always be a directory
+                // If it isn't, then something went severely wrong. However, we will check that
+                // it is a directory here just to be safe. If it is an empty directory, remove it
+
+                if (std::filesystem::is_directory(path.parent_path()) &&
+                    std::filesystem::is_empty(path.parent_path())
+                    )
+                {
+                    std::filesystem::remove(path.parent_path());
+                }
             }
             catch (const std::exception& e)
             {