diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index cc7531d618..4b24e7a616 100644
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -5929,3 +5929,10 @@ David  13 Sept 2011
         trickle_echo.cpp
         validate_util2.cpp
         validator.cpp
+
+David  13 Sept 2011
+    - wrapper: don't delete task-level checkpoint file when starting task;
+        that defeats the purpose.  From Uwe Becker.
+
+    samples/wrapper/
+        wrapper.cpp
diff --git a/samples/wrapper/wrapper.cpp b/samples/wrapper/wrapper.cpp
index 1503b97a79..020020012a 100644
--- a/samples/wrapper/wrapper.cpp
+++ b/samples/wrapper/wrapper.cpp
@@ -379,9 +379,6 @@ int TASK::run(int argct, char** argvt) {
     string stdout_path, stdin_path, stderr_path;
     char app_path[1024], buf[256];
 
-    if (checkpoint_filename.size()) {
-        boinc_delete_file(checkpoint_filename.c_str());
-    }
     if (fraction_done_filename.size()) {
         boinc_delete_file(fraction_done_filename.c_str());
     }