diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix b/nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix
index 2a8ac414720..a4cab0c94cd 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/logging/logcheck.nix
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ let
   defaultRules = pkgs.runCommand "logcheck-default-rules" {} ''
                    cp -prd ${pkgs.logcheck}/etc/logcheck $out
                    chmod u+w $out
-                   rm $out/logcheck.*
+                   rm -r $out/logcheck.*
                  '';
 
   rulesDir = pkgs.symlinkJoin