diff --git a/xml-maven-plugin.spec b/xml-maven-plugin.spec
index 9b3961c..cec190a 100644
--- a/xml-maven-plugin.spec
+++ b/xml-maven-plugin.spec
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ for d in LICENSE NOTICE ; do
   sed -i 's/\r//' $d.txt
 done
 
+rm -rf src/it/mojo-1438-validate
+
 # Add the version
 sed -i 's|stylesheet |stylesheet version="1.0" |'  src/it/it8/src/main/xsl/it8.xsl