diff --git a/dev-libs/libxmlb/libxmlb-0.3.22.recipe b/dev-libs/libxmlb/libxmlb-0.3.22.recipe
index 0f2cf4a67..e6b29baa3 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libxmlb/libxmlb-0.3.22.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libxmlb/libxmlb-0.3.22.recipe
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	ninja -C Build install
 
-	rm -r {$libDir,$dataDir}/installed-tests/
+	rm -rf {$libDir,$dataDir}/installed-tests/
 
 	prepareInstalledDevelLib \
 		libxmlb