diff --git a/.changeset/friendly-hotels-explode.md b/.changeset/friendly-hotels-explode.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85de23643
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/friendly-hotels-explode.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-astro': minor
+---
+
+forced degit template extraction in case of non empty installation directory
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
index 1b337a368..1427327ce 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
@@ -20,26 +20,6 @@ export function mkdirp(dir: string) {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * Delete all files, subdirectories, and symlinks in a given
- * directory.
- *
- * @param dir the directory to empty
- * @returns a promise for emptying a given directory
- */
-export async function emptyDir(dir: string) {
-  const items = await fs.promises.readdir(dir);
-  return Promise.all(
-    items.map(async (item) => {
-      const itemPath = path.join(dir, item);
-      const stat = await fs.promises.stat(itemPath);
-      return stat.isDirectory()
-        ? fs.promises.rm(itemPath, { recursive: true, force: true }) // To remove directories
-        : fs.promises.unlink(itemPath); // Remove files and symlinks
-    })
-  );
-}
-
 const { version } = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(new URL('../package.json', import.meta.url), 'utf-8'));
 
 const POSTPROCESS_FILES = ['package.json', 'astro.config.mjs', 'CHANGELOG.md']; // some files need processing after copying.
@@ -57,14 +37,13 @@ export async function main() {
       const response = await prompts({
         type: 'confirm',
         name: 'forceOverwrite',
-        message: `Directory not empty. Delete ${cwd} to continue?`,
+        message: 'Directory not empty. Continue [force overwrite]?',
         initial: false,
       });
       if (!response.forceOverwrite) {
         process.exit(1);
       }
-
-      await emptyDir(cwd);
+      mkdirp(cwd);
     }
   } else {
     mkdirp(cwd);