diff --git a/src/modules/preservefiles/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/preservefiles/CMakeLists.txt
index 43602024c..1ac979d1b 100644
--- a/src/modules/preservefiles/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/preservefiles/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ calamares_add_plugin( preservefiles
     LINK_PRIVATE_LIBRARIES
         calamares
     SHARED_LIB
+    EMERGENCY
 )
diff --git a/src/modules/preservefiles/module.desc b/src/modules/preservefiles/module.desc
deleted file mode 100644
index 953d8c81b..000000000
--- a/src/modules/preservefiles/module.desc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-type:      "job"
-name:      "preservefiles"
-interface: "qtplugin"
-load:      "libcalamares_job_preservefiles.so"