diff --git a/src/Squot.package/SquotTonelMapper.class/instance/serialize.into..st b/src/Squot.package/SquotTonelMapper.class/instance/serialize.into..st
index 7140f09f0..74864b0d8 100644
--- a/src/Squot.package/SquotTonelMapper.class/instance/serialize.into..st
+++ b/src/Squot.package/SquotTonelMapper.class/instance/serialize.into..st
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 changes-operations
 serialize: aSnapshot into: aFileSystem
-	(self writerOn: aFileSystem) writeSnapshot: aSnapshot.
\ No newline at end of file
+	| writer |
+	writer := (self writerOn: aFileSystem).
+	aSnapshot definitions
+		ifEmpty: [writer packageDir deleteAll]
+		ifNotEmpty: [writer writeSnapshot: aSnapshot].
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Squot.package/SquotTonelMapper.class/methodProperties.json b/src/Squot.package/SquotTonelMapper.class/methodProperties.json
index d286221ea..bc53966b4 100644
--- a/src/Squot.package/SquotTonelMapper.class/methodProperties.json
+++ b/src/Squot.package/SquotTonelMapper.class/methodProperties.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		"encodingName" : "mad 10/16/2023 17:27",
 		"loadSnapshotFrom:" : "mad 10/16/2023 19:52",
 		"readerIn:" : "mad 10/16/2023 20:35",
-		"serialize:into:" : "mad 10/16/2023 17:26",
+		"serialize:into:" : "mad 10/17/2023 11:50",
 		"writeTimestamps" : "mad 9/26/2023 15:24",
 		"writeTimestamps:" : "mad 9/26/2023 15:24",
 		"writerOn:" : "mad 10/16/2023 17:26" } }