diff --git a/debian/obs-worker.prerm b/debian/obs-worker.prerm
index 745feb7dbe8ad7567a86ed46be7c067454d8292c..26ddb0640994531952fb86dd5b354ecc69a2566e 100644
--- a/debian/obs-worker.prerm
+++ b/debian/obs-worker.prerm
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-if [ "$1" = "remove" ]; then
+if [ "$1" = "purge" ]; then
     invoke-rc.d obsworker stop || true
     deluser --system --quiet obsworker
     delgroup --system --quiet obsworker