diff --git a/makechrootpkg.in b/makechrootpkg.in
index 8d8fd05..03e7fb6 100644
--- a/makechrootpkg.in
+++ b/makechrootpkg.in
@@ -272,8 +272,10 @@ download_sources() {
 
 	# Ensure sources are downloaded
 	sudo -u "$makepkg_user" env SRCDEST="$SRCDEST" BUILDDIR="$builddir" \
-		makepkg --config="$copydir/etc/makepkg.conf" --verifysource -o ||
-		die "Could not download sources."
+		makepkg --config="$copydir/etc/makepkg.conf" --verifysource -o || {
+			rm -rf "$builddir"
+			die "Could not download sources."
+		}
 
 	# Clean up garbage from verifysource
 	rm -rf "$builddir"