diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/influxdb/influxdb_1.8.10.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/influxdb/influxdb_1.8.10.bb
index 5301071516..836736dd8c 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/influxdb/influxdb_1.8.10.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-dbs/influxdb/influxdb_1.8.10.bb
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
 USERADD_PARAM:${PN} = "--system -d /var/lib/influxdb -m -s /bin/nologin influxdb"
 
 do_install:prepend() {
-    rm ${B}/src/${GO_IMPORT}/build.py
-    rm ${B}/src/${GO_IMPORT}/build.sh
-    rm ${B}/src/${GO_IMPORT}/Dockerfile*
+    test -e ${B}/src/${GO_IMPORT}/build.py && rm ${B}/src/${GO_IMPORT}/build.py 
+    test -e ${B}/src/${GO_IMPORT}/build.sh && rm ${B}/src/${GO_IMPORT}/build.sh
+    rm -rf ${B}/src/${GO_IMPORT}/Dockerfile*
+
     sed -i -e "s#usr/bin/sh#bin/sh#g" ${B}/src/${GO_IMPORT}/scripts/ci/run_perftest.sh
 }