diff --git a/debian/goatherd.postrm b/debian/goatherd.postrm
index d19b21155a3c790a254df26f5812ba934edbf145..236b51b03ca1fc022593f76a0617e909a7c20422 100644
--- a/debian/goatherd.postrm
+++ b/debian/goatherd.postrm
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if test "$1" = "purge"; then
     statedir=/var/lib/goatherd
 
     rm -f $statedir/goatherd.sqlite3
-    rmdir $statedir || true
+    rmdir $statedir >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
 
     dpkg-statoverride --remove $statedir >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || true
 fi