diff --git a/lib/CPAN/Distribution.pm b/lib/CPAN/Distribution.pm
index 72101afc..bf0ecdc9 100644
--- a/lib/CPAN/Distribution.pm
+++ b/lib/CPAN/Distribution.pm
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ See also http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=38932\n");
         $CPAN::Frontend->mydie("Cannot create directory $builddir: $@");
     }
     my $packagedir;
-    my $eexist = $CPAN::META->has_usable("Errno") ? &Errno::EEXIST : undef;
+    my $eexist = undef; # $CPAN::META->has_usable("Errno") ? &Errno::EEXIST : undef;
     for(my $suffix = 0; ; $suffix++) {
         $packagedir = File::Spec->catdir($builddir, "$tdir_base-$suffix");
         my $parent = $builddir;