diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 9dcff6e66..25036b5eb 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ if [ $1 == "-translations" ] ; then
     if [ -a po ] ; then
         sudo rm -fr po
     fi
+    if [ -a locale ] ; then
+        sudo rm -fr locale
+    fi
     cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DKDE_L10N_BRANCH=trunk -DKDE_L10N_AUTO_TRANSLATIONS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$build_type ..
     make fetch-translations
 else