diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 148f3795..8985b628 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-const { rm } = require('fs/promises')
-const { join } = require('path')
-
 const ensureNoCompetingPlugin = require('./helpers/ensureNoCompetingPlugin')
 const fixOutputDir = require('./helpers/fixOutputDir')
 const getAngularJson = require('./helpers/getAngularJson')
@@ -11,13 +8,6 @@ const validateAngularVersion = require('./helpers/validateAngularVersion')
 let isValidAngularProject = true
 
 module.exports = {
-  async onDev({ constants }) {
-    // during local dev, the angular dev server will perform SSR,
-    // and we won't have the server output to generate the edge function.
-    // removing any edge function generated by a previous build ensures we don't try to use it.
-    const edgeFunctionDir = join(constants.INTERNAL_EDGE_FUNCTIONS_SRC, 'angular-ssr')
-    await rm(edgeFunctionDir, { recursive: true })
-  },
   async onPreBuild({ netlifyConfig, utils, constants }) {
     const { failBuild, failPlugin } = utils.build
     const siteRoot = getAngularRoot({ failBuild, netlifyConfig })