diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 61bf354..c00dc03 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class Installer {
         )
         return BB.join(
           this.checkLock(),
-          stat && rimraf(path.join(this.prefix, 'node_modules'))
+          stat && rimraf(path.join(this.prefix, 'node_modules/*'))
         )
       }).then(() => {
       // This needs to happen -after- we've done checkLock()