diff --git a/lib/capistrano/tasks/assets.rake b/lib/capistrano/tasks/assets.rake
index ea07399..46c3ead 100644
--- a/lib/capistrano/tasks/assets.rake
+++ b/lib/capistrano/tasks/assets.rake
@@ -140,5 +140,6 @@ namespace :load do
         release_path.join("public", fetch(:assets_prefix), pattern)
       end
     }
+    set :keep_assets, nil
   end
 end