diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index abf034a..35c294b 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 override_dh_install:
 	dh_install
 	mv debian/xdot/usr/bin/xdot.py debian/xdot/usr/bin/xdot
-	rm $(wildcard debian/xdot/usr/lib/python2.*/dist-packages/xdot-*.egg-info/SOURCES.txt)
+	rm -f debian/xdot/usr/lib/python2.*/dist-packages/xdot-*.egg-info/SOURCES.txt