diff --git a/EESSI-remove-software.sh b/EESSI-remove-software.sh
index 7624905523..c35c7bc469 100755
--- a/EESSI-remove-software.sh
+++ b/EESSI-remove-software.sh
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ if [ $EUID -eq 0 ]; then
                     # these subdirs don't (and shouldn't) exist, but we need to do the ls anyway as a workaround,
                     # so redirect to /dev/null and ignore the exit code
                     ls ${app_subdirs} >& /dev/null || true
-                    ls $(dirname ${app_module}) >& /dev/null || true
                 done
             else
                 fatal_error "Easystack file ${easystack_file} not found!"