diff --git a/x11-fonts/bitmap-fonts/files/DEINSTALL.tmpl b/x11-fonts/bitmap-fonts/files/DEINSTALL.tmpl
index 5acdd065022e..f4f700fcd2a9 100644
--- a/x11-fonts/bitmap-fonts/files/DEINSTALL.tmpl
+++ b/x11-fonts/bitmap-fonts/files/DEINSTALL.tmpl
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ if [ "x$2" = "xPOST-DEINSTALL" ]; then
 	 echo "to enable this update."
 	 echo "**********************************************************"
 	)
-	[ `wc -c ${PKG_PREFIX}/%%FONTSDIR%%/fonts.dir | awk '{print $1}'` = 2 ] && rm -f ${PKG_PREFIX}/%%FONTSDIR%%/fonts.dir
+	[ `wc -c ${PKG_PREFIX}/%%FONTSDIR%%/fonts.dir | awk '{print $1}'` = 2 ] && rm -f ${PKG_PREFIX}/%%FONTSDIR%%/fonts.dir || true
 fi