diff --git a/src/lake/Lake/Load/Resolve.lean b/src/lake/Lake/Load/Resolve.lean
index a5681a42da..e92c77d2f7 100644
--- a/src/lake/Lake/Load/Resolve.lean
+++ b/src/lake/Lake/Load/Resolve.lean
@@ -210,10 +210,11 @@ def updateDep
         | .git (inputRev? := some rev) .. => s!" @ {repr rev}"
         | _ => ""
       logError (stdMismatchError depPkg.name.toString rev)
-    if let .error e ← IO.FS.removeDirAll depPkg.dir |>.toBaseIO then -- cleanup
-      -- Deleting git repositories via IO.FS.removeDirAll does not work reliably on Windows
-      logError s!"'{dep.name}' was downloaded incorrectly; \
-        you will need to manually delete '{depPkg.dir}': {e}"
+    if matDep.manifestEntry.src matches .git .. then
+      if let .error e ← IO.FS.removeDirAll depPkg.dir |>.toBaseIO then -- cleanup
+        -- Deleting git repositories via IO.FS.removeDirAll does not work reliably on Windows
+        logError s!"'{dep.name}' was downloaded incorrectly; \
+          you will need to manually delete '{depPkg.dir}': {e}"
     error s!"{pkg.name}: package '{depPkg.name}' was required as '{dep.name}'"
   return depPkg