diff --git a/srcpkgs/tidy5/template b/srcpkgs/tidy5/template
index 838e1bd4183..443fbf21752 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tidy5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tidy5/template
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pre_configure() {
 	# the $(man) target requires tidy5 to run on the host
 	ln -s ${cmake_builddir}/tidy
 	if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		rm ${pkgname}
+		rm -f tidy
 		cd ${cmake_builddir}
 
 		env - PATH=/usr/bin cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIB:BOOL=FALSE ${wrksrc}