diff --git a/vim.changes b/vim.changes
index d793278..9a81200 100644
--- a/vim.changes
+++ b/vim.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Sep 15 11:34:57 UTC 2020 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Fix postun scriptlet of vim-small: do not unconditionally
+  deregister vim-small as an alternative on uninstall (which
+  happens on package upgrades too) (boo#1176549).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  2 06:20:24 UTC 2020 - Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/vim.spec b/vim.spec
index da6a809..b4093ce 100644
--- a/vim.spec
+++ b/vim.spec
@@ -450,7 +450,9 @@ fi
  --slave %{_bindir}/vi vi %{_bindir}/vim-small
 
 %postun small
-%{_sbindir}/update-alternatives --remove vim %{_bindir}/vim-small
+if [ ! -e %{_bindir}/vim-small ] ; then
+  %{_sbindir}/update-alternatives --remove vim %{_bindir}/vim-small
+fi
 
 %files
 %ghost %{_sysconfdir}/alternatives/vim