diff --git a/pisi/actionsapi/kerneltools.py b/pisi/actionsapi/kerneltools.py
index 9ce6a360..6dfd17ef 100644
--- a/pisi/actionsapi/kerneltools.py
+++ b/pisi/actionsapi/kerneltools.py
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ def installLibcHeaders(excludes=[]):
     shelltools.system("rm -rf %s/sound" % headers_dir)
 
     # Remove possible excludes given by actions.py
-    shelltools.system("rm -rf %s" % " ".join(["%s/%s" % (headers_dir, exc.strip("/")) for exc in excludes))
+    if excludes:
+        shelltools.system("rm -rf %s" % " ".join(["%s/%s" % (headers_dir, exc.strip("/")) for exc in excludes))
 
     shelltools.cd(oldwd)