diff --git a/generate_diffs.sh b/generate_diffs.sh
index da8bc01..fccb75a 100644
--- a/generate_diffs.sh
+++ b/generate_diffs.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function gendiffs() {
    mkdir "../kidiff/$(dirname "$1")"
    mv "$(dirname "$1")"/.kidiff/* "../kidiff/$(dirname "$1")"
   else
-   rm -r "$(dirname "$1")/.kidiff"
+   rm -rf "$(dirname "$1")/.kidiff"
   fi
 }
 export -f gendiffs