diff --git a/mkosi.postinst.chroot b/mkosi.postinst.chroot
index 46868020f6..7f2666e0a4 100755
--- a/mkosi.postinst.chroot
+++ b/mkosi.postinst.chroot
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ done
 
 # We want /var/log/journal to be created on first boot so it can be created with the right chattr settings by
 # systemd-journald.
-rm -r "$BUILDROOT/var/log/journal"
+rm -rf "$BUILDROOT/var/log/journal"
 
 rm -f /etc/nsswitch.conf
 cp "$SRCDIR/factory/etc/nsswitch.conf" /etc/nsswitch.conf