diff --git a/depends/download-and-extract.sh b/depends/download-and-extract.sh
index d9608e782..a318bfafd 100755
--- a/depends/download-and-extract.sh
+++ b/depends/download-and-extract.sh
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ if [ ! -f $archive.tar.gz ]; then
     wget -O $archive.tar.gz $url
 fi
 
-rm -r $archive
+rmdir $archive
 tar -xvzf $archive.tar.gz