diff --git a/dev-lang/nim/nim-0.14.2.ebuild b/dev-lang/nim/nim-0.14.2.ebuild
index 1e4b18501e421..42f421e661980 100644
--- a/dev-lang/nim/nim-0.14.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/nim/nim-0.14.2.ebuild
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ src_test() {
 
 src_install() {
 	./koch install "${D}/usr" || die "koch install failed"
-	rm -r "${D}/usr/nim/doc"
+	rm -r "${D}/usr/nim/doc" || die "failed to remove 'doc'"
 
 	dodir /usr/bin
 	dosym ../nim/bin/nim /usr/bin/nim
diff --git a/dev-lang/nim/nim-0.15.0-r1.ebuild b/dev-lang/nim/nim-0.15.0-r1.ebuild
index 092c19f844666..b3fe8654c25e0 100644
--- a/dev-lang/nim/nim-0.15.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/nim/nim-0.15.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ src_test() {
 
 src_install() {
 	./koch install "${D}/usr" || die "koch install failed"
-	rm -r "${D}/usr/nim/doc"
+	rm -r "${D}/usr/nim/doc" || die "failed to remove 'doc'"
 
 	dodir /usr/bin
 	dosym ../nim/bin/nim /usr/bin/nim
diff --git a/dev-lang/nim/nim-0.15.2.ebuild b/dev-lang/nim/nim-0.15.2.ebuild
index 1e4b18501e421..42f421e661980 100644
--- a/dev-lang/nim/nim-0.15.2.ebuild
+++ b/dev-lang/nim/nim-0.15.2.ebuild
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ src_test() {
 
 src_install() {
 	./koch install "${D}/usr" || die "koch install failed"
-	rm -r "${D}/usr/nim/doc"
+	rm -r "${D}/usr/nim/doc" || die "failed to remove 'doc'"
 
 	dodir /usr/bin
 	dosym ../nim/bin/nim /usr/bin/nim