diff --git a/eta/detectors/efficientdet.py b/eta/detectors/efficientdet.py
index 4d0b879e..03882669 100644
--- a/eta/detectors/efficientdet.py
+++ b/eta/detectors/efficientdet.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ def __init__(self, config):
         self._model_dir = etau.split_archive(model_path)[0]
         if not os.path.isdir(self._model_dir):
             logger.info("Extracting archive '%s'", model_path)
-            etau.extract_archive(model_path, delete_archive=True)
+            etau.extract_archive(model_path)
 
         # Load class labels
         self._labels_map = etal.load_labels_map(self.config.labels_path)
diff --git a/eta/detectors/tfmodels_detectors.py b/eta/detectors/tfmodels_detectors.py
index 5b3b26ed..2d4fdb22 100644
--- a/eta/detectors/tfmodels_detectors.py
+++ b/eta/detectors/tfmodels_detectors.py
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ def __init__(self, config):
         self._model_dir = etau.split_archive(model_path)[0]
         if not os.path.isdir(self._model_dir):
             logger.info("Extracting archive '%s'", model_path)
-            etau.extract_archive(model_path, delete_archive=True)
+            etau.extract_archive(model_path)
 
         # Load labels
         self._category_index, self._class_labels = _parse_labels_map(