diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
index bde8e63d1..cd099aa64 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/api/CloneCommand.java
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.RemoteConfig;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.TagOpt;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.transport.URIish;
-import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FS;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.util.FileUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -681,10 +680,11 @@ private void cleanup() {
 	}
 
 	private void deleteChildren(File file) throws IOException {
-		if (!FS.DETECTED.isDirectory(file)) {
+		File[] files = file.listFiles();
+		if (files == null) {
 			return;
 		}
-		for (File child : file.listFiles()) {
+		for (File child : files) {
 			FileUtils.delete(child, FileUtils.RECURSIVE | FileUtils.SKIP_MISSING
 					| FileUtils.IGNORE_ERRORS);
 		}