diff --git a/app-admin/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-3.13.2.ebuild b/app-admin/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-3.13.2.ebuild
index eb613b29398dd..5c6bbbb61f9e9 100644
--- a/app-admin/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-3.13.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-3.13.2.ebuild
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	use python && python_fix_shebang .
 
 	# remove bundled libs
-	rm -rv lib/ivykis modules/afmongodb/mongo-c-driver modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c || die
+	rm -r lib/ivykis modules/afmongodb/mongo-c-driver modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c || die
 
 	# drop scl modules requiring json
 	if use !json; then
diff --git a/app-admin/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-3.14.1.ebuild b/app-admin/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-3.14.1.ebuild
index 505c43eac60b4..d7961f4b8c3ce 100644
--- a/app-admin/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-3.14.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-admin/syslog-ng/syslog-ng-3.14.1.ebuild
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 	use python && python_fix_shebang .
 
 	# remove bundled libs
-	rm -rv lib/ivykis modules/afmongodb/mongo-c-driver modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c || die
+	rm -r lib/ivykis modules/afmongodb/mongo-c-driver modules/afamqp/rabbitmq-c || die
 
 	# drop scl modules requiring json
 	if use !json; then