diff --git a/man.spec b/man.spec
index 2d59cf7..df9adc1 100644
--- a/man.spec
+++ b/man.spec
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ Authors:
     done
 
     # remove japanese pages, as they are in man-pages-ja
-    ls ja/
-    rm -rf ja/
+    ls ja/*
+    rm -rf ja
 
     popd
     install -m 644 src/man_db.conf %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/manpath.config