diff --git a/gettext.spec b/gettext.spec
index fb0b782..875d60c 100644
--- a/gettext.spec
+++ b/gettext.spec
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ rm -r ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/doc/gettext
 %endif
 
 # remove unpackaged files from the buildroot
-rm -r ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/emacs
+rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/emacs
 rm ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_libdir}/lib*.la
 
 %find_lang %{name}-runtime
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ fi
 - pass -findirect-dispatch to gcj to make java binaries ABI independent
   (jakub,#427796)
 - move autopoint, gettextize, and %{_datadir}/%{name}/ to main package
+- force removal of emacs/ so install does not fail when no emacs
 
 * Fri Sep 21 2007 Jens Petersen <petersen@redhat.com> - 0.16.1-12
 - add a libs subpackage (suggested by Dwayne Bailey, #294891)