diff --git a/Dist/CleanupBuildOutputDirs.sh b/Dist/CleanupBuildOutputDirs.sh
index 7121f604f1..365f313f2c 100755
--- a/Dist/CleanupBuildOutputDirs.sh
+++ b/Dist/CleanupBuildOutputDirs.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && rm -r src/*/bin src/*/obj test_output output && git checkout -- output
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && (rm -r src/*/bin src/*/obj test_output output; git restore output)