diff --git a/src/bee-remove.sh.in b/src/bee-remove.sh.in
index 46d4895..1c685b5 100755
--- a/src/bee-remove.sh.in
+++ b/src/bee-remove.sh.in
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ do_remove() {
     if [ "${BEEMETAFORMAT}" = "2" ] ; then
         dirs=$(for var in ${!PKG_*} ; do eval echo \${${var}} ; done | sort -ur)
         for dir in ${dirs} ; do
-            if [ -d "${dir}" -a -z "$(${BEE_LIBEXECDIR}/bee/bee.d/bee-query ${dir})" ] ; then
+            if [ -d "${dir}" -a -z "$(${BEE_LIBEXECDIR}/bee/bee.d/bee-query ${dir} | head -1)" ] ; then
                 ${NOOP:+echo} rmdir ${dir}
             fi
         done