diff --git a/recipes/sdl2_gears/recipe.sh b/recipes/sdl2_gears/recipe.sh
index db33349ce..11776bd2b 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