diff --git a/etc/postrm.in b/etc/postrm.in
index 7d30091c2..b1e86fca5 100755
--- a/etc/postrm.in
+++ b/etc/postrm.in
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-rm -f /etc/init.d/maxscale
-rm -f /etc/ld.so.conf.d/maxscale.conf
+if [ "$1" -eq 0 ]
+then
+    rm -f /etc/init.d/maxscale
+    rm -f /etc/ld.so.conf.d/maxscale.conf
+fi