diff --git a/e2fsprogs.be0 b/e2fsprogs.be0
index 9507207ba..f24399814 100755
--- a/e2fsprogs.be0
+++ b/e2fsprogs.be0
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ mee_install_post() {
     rm -rv ${D}/etc/cron.d
     # we dont dev
     rm -v  ${D}${DATADIR}/info/libext2fs.info.gz
-    rm -rv ${D}/usr/lib/*.a
+    rm -rf ${D}/usr/lib/*.a
     rm -rf ${D}/usr/lib/pkgconfig
     # this is in libcom-err2
     rm -f  ${D}/usr/bin/compile_et