diff --git a/sysutils/penv/pkg-plist b/sysutils/penv/pkg-plist
index 4bb8d3afdf8d..53322637a0b6 100644
--- a/sysutils/penv/pkg-plist
+++ b/sysutils/penv/pkg-plist
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ etc/penv.conf.default
 %%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm %%DOCSDIR%%/txt
 %%PORTDOCS%%@dirrm %%DOCSDIR%%
 @exec mkdir -p %%DBDIR%%
-@dirrmtry %%DBDIR%% 2>/dev/null || true
+@dirrmtry %%DBDIR%%