diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index 8006e074c..fa2c3fd3f 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ define DEP_VERSION_template
 DEP_$(1)_VERSION:=$(shell $(SED) -e '/vsn/!d;s/.*, *"/$(1)-/;s/".*//' $(2) 2>/dev/null)
 endef
 
-DELETE_TARGET_SO=$(if $(subst X.soX,,X$(suffix $(1))X),,rm $(call TO_DEST,$(1));)
+DELETE_TARGET_SO=$(if $(subst X.soX,,X$(suffix $(1))X),,rm -f $(call TO_DEST,$(1));)
 
 $(foreach DEP,$(DEPS),$(eval $(call DEP_VERSION_template,$(DEP),deps/$(DEP)/ebin/$(DEP).app)))
 $(eval $(call DEP_VERSION_template,ejabberd,ebin/ejabberd.app))
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ $(call TO_DEST,$(1)): $(1) $(call TO_DEST,$(dir $(1))) ; $(call DELETE_TARGET_SO
 endef
 
 define COPY_BINARY_template
-$(call TO_DEST,$(1)): $(1) $(call TO_DEST,$(dir $(1))) ; rm $(call TO_DEST,$(1)); $$(INSTALL) -m 755 $$(O_USER) $(1) $(call TO_DEST,$(1))
+$(call TO_DEST,$(1)): $(1) $(call TO_DEST,$(dir $(1))) ; rm -f $(call TO_DEST,$(1)); $$(INSTALL) -m 755 $$(O_USER) $(1) $(call TO_DEST,$(1))
 endef
 
 $(foreach file,$(DEPS_FILES_FILTERED) $(MAIN_FILES),$(eval $(call COPY_template,$(file))))