diff --git a/src/bee-install.sh.in b/src/bee-install.sh.in
index ceeffb1..ec16979 100644
--- a/src/bee-install.sh.in
+++ b/src/bee-install.sh.in
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ function do_remove() {
             echo "REMOVE ${p}"
             continue
         fi
-        echo "removing ${p} .."
         ${BEE_LIBEXECDIR}/bee/bee.d/bee-remove ${p}
     done
 }
diff --git a/src/bee-remove.sh.in b/src/bee-remove.sh.in
index 99ecd0c..9418c46 100644
--- a/src/bee-remove.sh.in
+++ b/src/bee-remove.sh.in
@@ -60,8 +60,45 @@ function pkg_remove() {
 
     # pattern is no installed pkg
     # show all pkgs that match pattern
-    echo "${search} matches following packages .."
-    bee-list -i "${search}"
+    echo >&2 "bee-remove: FAILED to remove '${search}': No such package."
+    echo >&2 "bee-remove: List of installed packages matching '${search}':"
+    bee-list -i "${search}" | sed -e 's,^,    ,' >&2
+    if [ ${PIPESTATUS[0]} != 0 ] ; then
+        echo >&2 "    No packages found."
+    fi
+}
+
+
+# for each argument
+# recursive get all dirnames that are directories on same mountpoint
+#
+# /path/to/somewhere -> /path/to/somewhere /path/to /path
+#
+function subdirs() {
+    local last
+
+    for path in "${@}" ; do
+        last=""
+        while [ "${path:0:1}" = '/' -a "${path}" != "" ]  ; do
+            if [ ! -d "${path}" ] ; then
+                continue 2
+            fi
+
+            this=$(stat "${path}" --printf "%F%m")
+            if [ -n "${last}" -a "${last}" != "${this}" ] ; then
+                continue 2
+            else
+                last="${this}"
+            fi
+
+            if [ "${this:0:9}" != 'directory' ] ; then
+                continue 2
+            fi
+
+            echo ${path}
+            path=${path%/*}
+        done
+    done
 }
 
 function do_remove() {
@@ -72,6 +109,8 @@ function do_remove() {
         return 1
     fi
 
+    echo "removing ${pkg} .."
+
     bee-cache update ${pkg}
     if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
         echo >&2 "bee-remove: ${pkg}: bee-cache update failed."
@@ -102,13 +141,8 @@ function do_remove() {
         vars=( PREFIX EPREFIX BINDIR SBINDIR LIBEXECDIR SYSCONFDIR \
                SHAREDSTATEDIR LOCALSTATEDIR LIBDIR INCLUDEDIR \
                DATAROOTDIR DATADIR INFODIR LOCALEDIR MANDIR DOCDIR )
-        dirs=( $(for var in ${vars[@]} ; do eval echo \${PKG_${var}} ; done | sort -ur) )
-        for dir in "${dirs[@]}" ; do
-            # if dir does not exist -> skip it
-            if [ ! -d "${dir}" ] ; then
-                continue
-            fi
-
+        dirs=( $(for var in ${vars[@]} ; do eval echo \${PKG_${var}} ; done) )
+        for dir in $( subdirs ${dirs[@]} | sort -ur )  ; do
             # if dir does is not part of package -> skip it
             content_file="${BEE_METADIR}/${pkg}/CONTENT.bee-remove"
             if ! grep -q -l -E ":file=${dir}(/|$)" "${content_file}" ; then