diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index 1a390ec..acbb2d5 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ SOURCE_DIR="$1"
 TARGET_DIR="$2"
 
 function main() {
+  rm -rf "$TARGET_DIR"
+
   echo "* generate site from $SOURCE_DIR into $TARGET_DIR"
   "$THIS_DIR/sitegen" "$SOURCE_DIR" "$TARGET_DIR"
 
diff --git a/bin/test b/bin/test
index 27c8b19..f24d106 100755
--- a/bin/test
+++ b/bin/test
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ cp .build/x86_64-apple-macosx/debug/SiteGenerator ../bin/sitegen
 popd >/dev/null
 
 for site in Tests/test-*; do
-  rm -rf "$site/actual"
   bin/compile "$site/in" "$site/actual" # >/dev/null
   diff -ru "$site/expected" "$site/actual"
   rm -r "$site/actual"