diff --git a/evince.spec b/evince.spec
index d573706..1ab885e 100644
--- a/evince.spec
+++ b/evince.spec
@@ -60,11 +60,10 @@ unset GCONF_DISABLE_MAKEFILE_SCHEMA_INSTALL
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/applications
 /bin/rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/var/scrollkeeper
 # Get rid of static libs and .la files.
-/bin/rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/nautilus/extensions-1.0/*.a
-/bin/rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/nautilus/extensions-1.0/*.la
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_libdir}/nautilus/extensions-1.0/*.la
 
 # don't ship icon caches
-/bin/rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
+rm -f $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache
 
 %clean
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT