diff --git a/firefox.spec b/firefox.spec
index cc10598..cd0e074 100644
--- a/firefox.spec
+++ b/firefox.spec
@@ -296,6 +296,15 @@ sed -i -e "s/\[Crash Reporter\]/[Crash Reporter]\nEnabled=1/" $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+%preun
+# is it a final removal?
+if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
+  %{__rm} -rf %{mozappdir}/components
+  %{__rm} -rf %{mozappdir}/extensions
+  %{__rm} -rf %{mozappdir}/plugins
+  %{__rm} -rf %{langpackdir}
+fi
+
 %post
 update-desktop-database &> /dev/null || :
 touch --no-create %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
@@ -307,15 +316,6 @@ if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then
     gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :
 fi
 
-%preun
-# is it a final removal?
-if [ $1 -eq 0 ]; then
-  %{__rm} -rf %{mozappdir}/components
-  %{__rm} -rf %{mozappdir}/extensions
-  %{__rm} -rf %{mozappdir}/plugins
-  %{__rm} -rf %{langpackdir}
-fi
-
 %posttrans
 gtk-update-icon-cache %{_datadir}/icons/hicolor &>/dev/null || :