diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/targets/vercel.ts b/packages/nitro/src/targets/vercel.ts
index 3a9360d2a1..d0f24e81cd 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/targets/vercel.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/targets/vercel.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export const vercel: SLSTarget = extendTarget(node, {
   targetDir: '{{ rootDir }}/.vercel_build_output',
   outName: 'functions/node/_nuxt/index.js',
   publicDir: '{{ targetDir }}/static',
+  cleanTargetDir: false,
   generateIgnore: [
     'vercel.json'
   ],