diff --git a/apache-maven/src/assembly/wrapper/script/download b/apache-maven/src/assembly/wrapper/script/download
index e2a011c249..79cd110c85 100755
--- a/apache-maven/src/assembly/wrapper/script/download
+++ b/apache-maven/src/assembly/wrapper/script/download
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ else
           echo "Found wget ... using wget"
         fi
         if [ -z "$MVNW_USERNAME" ] || [ -z "$MVNW_PASSWORD" ]; then
-            wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+            wget "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath" || rm -f "$wrapperJarPath"
         else
-            wget --http-user=$MVNW_USERNAME --http-password=$MVNW_PASSWORD "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath"
+            wget --http-user=$MVNW_USERNAME --http-password=$MVNW_PASSWORD "$jarUrl" -O "$wrapperJarPath" || rm -f "$wrapperJarPath"
         fi
     elif command -v curl > /dev/null; then
         if [ "$MVNW_VERBOSE" = true ]; then