diff --git a/configure/RULES_TOP b/configure/RULES_TOP
index 9a6538580..d4e898bd3 100644
--- a/configure/RULES_TOP
+++ b/configure/RULES_TOP
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ uninstall: $(addprefix uninstall$(DIVIDER),$(BUILD_ARCHS))
 	@$(MAKE) -f Makefile  cleandirs
 
 uninstallDirs:
-	@$(RMDIR)  rec.bak rec
 	@$(RMDIR) $(INSTALL_DBD) $(INSTALL_INCLUDE) $(INSTALL_DOC)\
 		$(INSTALL_HTML) $(INSTALL_JAVA) $(INSTALL_TEMPLATES)