diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ResetCommandTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ResetCommandTest.java
index 1a52e971a..333ebd338 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ResetCommandTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/api/ResetCommandTest.java
@@ -205,6 +205,26 @@ public void testHardResetWithConflicts_CreateFolder_UnstagedChanges() throws Exc
 		assertTrue(new File(db.getWorkTree(), "dir-or-file/c.txt").exists());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testHardResetWithConflicts_DeleteFolder_UnstagedChanges() throws Exception {
+		setupRepository();
+		ObjectId prevHead = db.resolve(Constants.HEAD);
+
+		writeTrashFile("dir-or-file/c.txt", "content");
+		git.add().addFilepattern("dir-or-file/c.txt").call();
+		git.commit().setMessage("adding dir-or-file/c.txt").call();
+
+		writeTrashFile("dir-or-file-2/d.txt", "content");
+		git.add().addFilepattern("dir-or-file-2/d.txt").call();
+		FileUtils.delete(new File(db.getWorkTree(), "dir-or-file-2"), FileUtils.RECURSIVE);
+		writeTrashFile("dir-or-file-2", "content");
+
+		// bug 479266: cannot delete folder "dir-or-file"
+		git.reset().setMode(ResetType.HARD).setRef(prevHead.getName()).call();
+		assertFalse(new File(db.getWorkTree(), "dir-or-file").exists());
+		assertFalse(new File(db.getWorkTree(), "dir-or-file-2").exists());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testResetToNonexistingHEAD() throws JGitInternalException,
 			AmbiguousObjectException, IOException, GitAPIException {
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCheckout.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCheckout.java
index 47c915052..3b2e74e9e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCheckout.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/dircache/DirCacheCheckout.java
@@ -1298,14 +1298,6 @@ private void cleanUpConflicts() throws CheckoutConflictException {
 						JGitText.get().cannotDeleteFile, c));
 			removeEmptyParents(conflict);
 		}
-		for (String r : removed) {
-			File file = new File(repo.getWorkTree(), r);
-			if (!file.delete())
-				throw new CheckoutConflictException(
-						MessageFormat.format(JGitText.get().cannotDeleteFile,
-								file.getAbsolutePath()));
-			removeEmptyParents(file);
-		}
 	}
 
 	/**