diff --git a/tools/build/build_wheels.sh b/tools/build/build_wheels.sh
index a4935855a8f7..a52c2a5bfe9f 100755
--- a/tools/build/build_wheels.sh
+++ b/tools/build/build_wheels.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ fi
 mkdir -p $HOME/.ccache
 echo "hash_dir = false" >> $HOME/.ccache/ccache.conf
 echo "base_dir = $PWD/_skbuild/linux-x86_64-3.8" >> $HOME/.ccache/ccache.conf
-rm -rf _skbuild
 cp build/pyproject.toml .
 py=/opt/python/cp38-cp38
 $py/bin/python tools/build/version.py tools/build/setup-sumo.py ./setup.py
@@ -63,3 +62,4 @@ for py in /opt/python/cp3[1789]*; do
 done
 rm -rf tools/*.egg-info tools/build/bdist* tools/build/*.egg-info tools/build/lib* tools/libsumo/data pyproject.toml
 chmod 777 dist wheelhouse
+chmod -R a+w _skbuild