diff --git a/flatpak/build.sh b/flatpak/build.sh
index a3b0b9c..43baae0 100755
--- a/flatpak/build.sh
+++ b/flatpak/build.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ tar xf ../tarball/love-${VERSION}-${ARCH}.tar.gz -C files --strip-components=1
 cd files
 
 # The export dir contains metadata for the host
-rm -r ../export
+rm -rf ../export
 mkdir ../export
 
 # If we're packaging a game, move its data in place and extract the relevant metadata