diff --git a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/AutoBuild.java b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/AutoBuild.java
index 416fa237e97e..f5e998398f52 100644
--- a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/AutoBuild.java
+++ b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/AutoBuild.java
@@ -489,23 +489,21 @@ public int run() throws IOException {
         diagnosticsToClose.forEach(DiagnosticWriter::close);
       }
 
-      // Fail extraction if no relevant files were found.
-      boolean seenRelevantFiles = EnvironmentVariables.isActionsExtractor()
-        ? seenFiles // assume all files are relevant for Actions extractor
-        : hasSeenCode();
-      if (!seenRelevantFiles) {
+      if (!hasSeenCode()) {
         if (seenFiles) {
           warn("Only found JavaScript or TypeScript files that were empty or contained syntax errors.");
         } else {
           warn("No JavaScript or TypeScript code found.");
         }
-        // Ensuring that the finalize steps detects that no code was seen.
-        // This is necessary to ensure we don't produce an overlay-base database without externs.
+        // ensuring that the finalize steps detects that no code was seen.
         Path srcFolder = Paths.get(EnvironmentVariables.getWipDatabase(), "src");
         try {
-          FileUtil8.recursiveDelete(srcFolder);
+          // Non-recursive delete because "src/" should be empty.
+          FileUtil8.delete(srcFolder);
         } catch (NoSuchFileException e) {
           Exceptions.ignore(e, "the directory did not exist");
+        } catch (DirectoryNotEmptyException e) {
+          Exceptions.ignore(e, "just leave the directory if it is not empty");
         }
         return 0;
       }
diff --git a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/EnvironmentVariables.java b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/EnvironmentVariables.java
index f2ac4227589f..39dfa70b285b 100644
--- a/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/EnvironmentVariables.java
+++ b/javascript/extractor/src/com/semmle/js/extractor/EnvironmentVariables.java
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ public class EnvironmentVariables {
   public static final String CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_JAVASCRIPT_WIP_DATABASE_ENV_VAR =
       "CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_JAVASCRIPT_WIP_DATABASE";
 
-  public static final String CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_ACTIONS_WIP_DATABASE_ENV_VAR =
-      "CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_ACTIONS_WIP_DATABASE";
-
   public static final String CODEQL_DIST_ENV_VAR = "CODEQL_DIST";
 
   /**
@@ -97,8 +94,4 @@ public static String getCodeQLDist() {
   public static String getWipDatabase() {
     return Env.systemEnv().getNonEmpty(CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_JAVASCRIPT_WIP_DATABASE_ENV_VAR);
   }
-
-  public static boolean isActionsExtractor() {
-    return Env.systemEnv().getNonEmpty(CODEQL_EXTRACTOR_ACTIONS_WIP_DATABASE_ENV_VAR) != null;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/javascript/ql/lib/qlpack.yml b/javascript/ql/lib/qlpack.yml
index d8d53ef1c7ef..1ee1c8c78150 100644
--- a/javascript/ql/lib/qlpack.yml
+++ b/javascript/ql/lib/qlpack.yml
@@ -23,4 +23,3 @@ dataExtensions:
   - semmle/javascript/security/domains/**/*.model.yml
   - ext/*.model.yml
 warnOnImplicitThis: true
-compileForOverlayEval: true