diff --git a/.changeset/twenty-vans-divide.md b/.changeset/twenty-vans-divide.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..842ac281cf87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twenty-vans-divide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/adapter-vercel': patch
+---
+
+Don't remove .vercel/output directory
diff --git a/packages/adapter-vercel/index.js b/packages/adapter-vercel/index.js
index fe35ab7e5f5b..b8ea4f9d9e21 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-vercel/index.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-vercel/index.js
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ export default function ({ external = [], edge, split } = {}) {
 
 			const tmp = builder.getBuildDirectory('vercel-tmp');
 
-			builder.rimraf(dir);
 			builder.rimraf(tmp);
 
 			const files = fileURLToPath(new URL('./files', import.meta.url).href);
@@ -295,6 +294,8 @@ function get_node_version() {
  * @param {string} runtime
  */
 async function create_function_bundle(builder, entry, dir, runtime) {
+	fs.rmSync(dir, { force: true, recursive: true });
+
 	let base = entry;
 	while (base !== (base = path.dirname(base)));