diff --git a/kpkg/commands/removecmd.nim b/kpkg/commands/removecmd.nim
index 481c1a59..44dec6c2 100644
--- a/kpkg/commands/removecmd.nim
+++ b/kpkg/commands/removecmd.nim
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ proc remove*(packages: seq[string], yes = false, root = "",
     if output.toLower() == "y":
         createLockfile()
         for i in packagesFinal:
-            removeInternal(i, root, force = force, depCheck = true, fullPkgList = packages, removeConfigs = configRemove)
+            removeInternal(i, root, force = force, depCheck = true, fullPkgList = packages, removeConfigs = configRemove, runPostRemove = true)
             success("package "&i&" removed")
         removeLockfile()
         success("done", true)
diff --git a/kpkg/modules/removeInternal.nim b/kpkg/modules/removeInternal.nim
index 3fab88d9..3b6e98dd 100644
--- a/kpkg/modules/removeInternal.nim
+++ b/kpkg/modules/removeInternal.nim
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ proc bloatDepends*(package: string, installedDir: string, root: string): seq[str
 proc removeInternal*(package: string, root = "",
         installedDir = root&"/var/cache/kpkg/installed",
         ignoreReplaces = false, force = true, depCheck = false,
-            noRunfile = false, fullPkgList = @[""], removeConfigs = false) =
+            noRunfile = false, fullPkgList = @[""], removeConfigs = false, runPostRemove = false) =
   
   let init = getInit(root)
 
@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ proc removeInternal*(package: string, root = "",
       if symlinkExists(installedDir&"/"&i):
         removeFile(installedDir&"/"&i)
 
-  if execCmdEx(". "&installedDir&"/"&actualPackage&"/run && command -v postremove > /dev/null").exitCode == 0:
-    if execCmdEx(". "&installedDir&"/"&actualPackage&"/run && postremove").exitCode != 0:
-      err "postremove failed"
+  if runPostRemove:
+    if execCmdEx(". "&installedDir&"/"&actualPackage&"/run && command -v postremove > /dev/null").exitCode == 0:
+      if execCmdEx(". "&installedDir&"/"&actualPackage&"/run && postremove").exitCode != 0:
+        err "postremove failed"
 
   removeDir(installedDir&"/"&package)