diff --git a/scripts/wc2wt.sh b/scripts/wc2wt.sh
index ab76c841d4..157881b458 100755
--- a/scripts/wc2wt.sh
+++ b/scripts/wc2wt.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ dir=$(basename $(pwd))
 # sanitize branch name for directory name (replace / with -)
 dir_suffix=$(echo "$BRANCH" | tr '/' '-')
 
-git branch -D "$BRANCH" 2> /dev/null
 git worktree add -b "$BRANCH" "../$dir-$dir_suffix" HEAD
 
 og_path=$(pwd)