diff --git a/opengrok-web/src/main/java/org/opengrok/web/api/v1/controller/ProjectsController.java b/opengrok-web/src/main/java/org/opengrok/web/api/v1/controller/ProjectsController.java
index 7c9fcad2d38..1efb22bb0f7 100644
--- a/opengrok-web/src/main/java/org/opengrok/web/api/v1/controller/ProjectsController.java
+++ b/opengrok-web/src/main/java/org/opengrok/web/api/v1/controller/ProjectsController.java
@@ -238,14 +238,14 @@ private void deleteProjectDataWorkHorse(Project project, boolean clearHistoryGur
         LOGGER.log(Level.INFO, "deleting data for project ''{0}''", projectName);
 
         // Delete index and xrefs.
-        for (String dirName: new String[]{IndexDatabase.INDEX_DIR, IndexDatabase.XREF_DIR}) {
-            java.nio.file.Path path = Paths.get(env.getDataRootPath(), dirName, projectName);
-            try {
-                IOUtils.removeRecursive(path);
-            } catch (IOException e) {
-                LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not delete ''{0}''", path);
-            }
-        }
+//        for (String dirName: new String[]{IndexDatabase.INDEX_DIR, IndexDatabase.XREF_DIR}) {
+//            java.nio.file.Path path = Paths.get(env.getDataRootPath(), dirName, projectName);
+//            try {
+//                IOUtils.removeRecursive(path);
+//            } catch (IOException e) {
+//                LOGGER.log(Level.WARNING, "Could not delete ''{0}''", path);
+//            }
+//        }
 
         List<RepositoryInfo> repos = env.getProjectRepositoriesMap().get(project);
         if (repos == null || repos.isEmpty()) {