diff --git a/runtime-scientific/openbabel/autobuild/beyond b/runtime-scientific/openbabel/autobuild/beyond
index 12bd131e38fd..099825a3f72b 100644
--- a/runtime-scientific/openbabel/autobuild/beyond
+++ b/runtime-scientific/openbabel/autobuild/beyond
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 abinfo "Moving CMake files to the correct location ..."
 cp -rv "$PKGDIR"/lib "$PKGDIR"/usr/
-rm -r "$PKGDIR"/lib
+rm -rv "$PKGDIR"/lib