diff --git a/scripts/40-configure_le5 b/scripts/40-configure_le5
index 3ec3f089fdccbb302d40ceec0abf394b8792d8e5..0dec8b8b42a21f12917286809c258268fcb5a2ef 100755
--- a/scripts/40-configure_le5
+++ b/scripts/40-configure_le5
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ if cat "$INSTLIST" | grep -v "^#" | grep -q "le-plymouth"; then
     touch "$TMP"/NEW_INITRD
 fi
 
-rm -rf "$CDDIR"/wubi.exe "$CDDIR"/autorun.inf
+rm -f "$CDDIR"/wubi.exe "$CDDIR"/autorun.inf
 
 cat << EOF >> $CHROOTDIR/etc/skel/.profile
 if [ -e "/var/lib/le-search/search.xml" ]; then