diff --git a/recipes/sdl2_gears/recipe.sh b/recipes/sdl2_gears/recipe.sh
index db33349ce3a159e441bae1f6c033e01a77077612..11776bd2b568bc6d7cc74213c6906c8fb627fd42 100644
--- a/recipes/sdl2_gears/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/sdl2_gears/recipe.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function recipe_update {
 }
 
 function recipe_prepare {
-    m -rf source
+    rm -rf source
     mkdir source
     cp gears.c source
     mkdir source/assets