diff --git a/do-friendica-release.sh b/do-friendica-release.sh
index 0b13b23..4964d92 100755
--- a/do-friendica-release.sh
+++ b/do-friendica-release.sh
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ echo "cleaning unneded stuff from the core directory"
 ( cd $RELEASECORE/$RELEASECORE
 echo "fetching dependencies with composer"
 php7.0 bin/composer.phar install --quiet --no-dev
-rm -rf .git .github .tx test
+rm -rf .git .github .tx tests
 rm -rf .codecov.yml .drone.yml .editorconfig  .gitattributes  .gitignore  .gitmodules .php_cs.dist autotest.sh composer.json composer.lock Doxyfile
 )