diff --git a/dev-python/packaging/packaging-18.0.ebuild b/dev-python/packaging/packaging-18.0.ebuild
index 87be6a561525b..af75bdacd0d75 100644
--- a/dev-python/packaging/packaging-18.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/packaging/packaging-18.0.ebuild
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pkg_preinst() {
 
 	_cleanup() {
 		local pyver=$("${PYTHON}" -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_version; print(get_python_version())")
-		local egginfo="${ROOT%/}$(python_get_sitedir)/${P}-py${pyver}.egg-info"
+		local egginfo="${ROOT}$(python_get_sitedir)/${P}-py${pyver}.egg-info"
 		if [[ -d ${egginfo} ]]; then
 			echo rm -r "${egginfo}"
 			rm -r "${egginfo}" || die "Failed to remove egg-info directory"
diff --git a/dev-python/packaging/packaging-19.2.ebuild b/dev-python/packaging/packaging-19.2.ebuild
index 67c7cc9c63ef9..27a840a82fe99 100644
--- a/dev-python/packaging/packaging-19.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/packaging/packaging-19.2.ebuild
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pkg_preinst() {
 
 	_cleanup() {
 		local pyver=$("${PYTHON}" -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_version; print(get_python_version())")
-		local egginfo="${ROOT%/}$(python_get_sitedir)/${P}-py${pyver}.egg-info"
+		local egginfo="${ROOT}$(python_get_sitedir)/${P}-py${pyver}.egg-info"
 		if [[ -d ${egginfo} ]]; then
 			rm -rv "${egginfo}" || die "Failed to remove egg-info directory"
 		fi