diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/multi-kernel.inc b/recipes-kernel/linux/multi-kernel.inc
index 64701ed4..0b7de915 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/multi-kernel.inc
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/multi-kernel.inc
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ do_compileconfigs () {
             do_install
 
             # Remove unused symlinks specific to configname
-            rm "${D}/lib/modules/$(cut -d\" -f2 ${B}/include/generated/utsrelease.h)/build"
-            rm "${D}/lib/modules/$(cut -d\" -f2 ${B}/include/generated/utsrelease.h)/source"
+            rm -f "${D}/lib/modules/$(cut -d\" -f2 ${B}/include/generated/utsrelease.h)/build"
+            rm -f "${D}/lib/modules/$(cut -d\" -f2 ${B}/include/generated/utsrelease.h)/source"
             # In case no modules were installed, remove empty dirs
             rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "${D}/lib/modules/$(cut -d\" -f2 ${B}/include/generated/utsrelease.h)/kernel"
             rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "${D}/lib/modules/$(cut -d\" -f2 ${B}/include/generated/utsrelease.h)"