diff --git a/makedebian.pl b/makedebian.pl
index 5eabd50ed..472004f35 100755
--- a/makedebian.pl
+++ b/makedebian.pl
@@ -396,10 +396,10 @@ if [ "\$1" != "upgrade" -a "\$1" != "abort-upgrade" ]; then
 		# Package is being removed, and no new version of webmin
 		# has taken it's place. Run uninstalls and stop the server
 		/etc/$baseproduct/stop >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
-		rm -f /usr/share/$baseproduct/authentic-theme/manifest-*
 		if [ "$product" = "webmin" ]; then
 			(cd /usr/share/$baseproduct ; WEBMIN_CONFIG=/etc/$baseproduct WEBMIN_VAR=/var/$baseproduct LANG= /usr/share/$baseproduct/run-uninstalls.pl) >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
 		else
+			rm -f /usr/share/$baseproduct/authentic-theme/manifest-*
 			systemctlcmd=\`which systemctl 2>/dev/null\`
 			if [ -x "\$systemctlcmd" ]; then
 				\$systemctlcmd stop $product >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null