diff --git a/EESSI-remove-software.sh b/EESSI-remove-software.sh
index 664fd8c6fd..de0c312e38 100755
--- a/EESSI-remove-software.sh
+++ b/EESSI-remove-software.sh
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]; then
                 for app in ${rebuild_apps}; do
                     app_dir=${EASYBUILD_INSTALLPATH}/software/${app}
                     app_module=${EASYBUILD_INSTALLPATH}/modules/all/${app}.lua
-                    echo_yellow "Removing ${app_dir} and ${app_module}... (just reporting what would have been done)"
-                    # echo_yellow "Removing ${app_dir} and ${app_module}..."
-                    rm -rf ${app_dir}
-                    rm -rf ${app_module}
+                    echo_yellow "Removing ${app_dir} and ${app_module}..."
+                    ls -lR ${app_dir}
+                    rm -rdfv ${app_dir}
+                    rm -rdfv ${app_module}
                 done
             else
                 fatal_error "Easystack file ${easystack_file} not found!"
diff --git a/bot/build.sh b/bot/build.sh
index 3a1294e06e..6ac38160bb 100755
--- a/bot/build.sh
+++ b/bot/build.sh
@@ -216,11 +216,11 @@ else
     mkdir -p "${LOWER_DIRS}"
     grep ^REMOVE_DIRECTORY ${determine_outerr} | cut -f4- -d'/' > ${determine_outerr}.rm_dirs
     cat ${determine_outerr}.rm_dirs | while read remove_dir; do
-        echo "PROCESS directory: --${remove_dir}--"
+        # echo "PROCESS directory: --${remove_dir}--"
         mkdir -p ${STORAGE}/lower_dirs/${remove_dir}
         chmod u+rwx ${STORAGE}/lower_dirs/${remove_dir}
     done
-    ls -lR "${STORAGE}/lower_dirs"
+    # ls -lR "${STORAGE}/lower_dirs"
 
     # prepare directory to store tarball of tmp for removal and build steps
     TARBALL_TMP_REMOVAL_STEP_DIR=${PREVIOUS_TMP_DIR}/removal_step