diff --git a/commands/hugo.go b/commands/hugo.go
index 6bb786904..48d4e0dc1 100644
--- a/commands/hugo.go
+++ b/commands/hugo.go
@@ -579,8 +579,13 @@ func (c *commandeer) copyStatic() error {
 	// Now that we are using a unionFs for the static directories
 	// We can effectively clean the publishDir on initial sync
 	syncer.Delete = c.Cfg.GetBool("cleanDestinationDir")
+
 	if syncer.Delete {
 		c.Logger.INFO.Println("removing all files from destination that don't exist in static dirs")
+
+		syncer.DeleteFilter = func(f os.FileInfo) bool {
+			return f.IsDir() && strings.HasPrefix(f.Name(), ".")
+		}
 	}
 	c.Logger.INFO.Println("syncing static files to", publishDir)
 
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index 3bbce3f21..3a9042c84 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -281,10 +281,10 @@
 			"revisionTime": "2017-02-17T16:44:07Z"
 		},
 		{
-			"checksumSHA1": "NOrvS8XdRlWNXTvGi+oqEHlQYWA=",
+			"checksumSHA1": "XSh/IxmHbGUf4tYB61wn9zK4g7U=",
 			"path": "github.com/spf13/fsync",
-			"revision": "cb2da332d00cbc04e4f3f677520dc3e7cc11874b",
-			"revisionTime": "2016-11-30T04:45:28Z"
+			"revision": "12a01e648f05a938100a26858d2d59a120307a18",
+			"revisionTime": "2017-03-20T14:25:52Z"
 		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "9pkkhgKp3mwSreiML3plQlQYdLQ=",