diff --git a/contrib/make_packages b/contrib/make_packages
index 0cb138cb8..1f7c1fa9c 100755
--- a/contrib/make_packages
+++ b/contrib/make_packages
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ contrib=$(dirname "$0")
 whereis pip3
 if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then echo "Install pip3" ; exit ; fi
 
-rm $contrib/packages/ -r
+rm $contrib/../packages/ -r
 
 #Install pure python modules in electrum directory
-pip3 install -r $contrib/requirements.txt -t $contrib/packages
+pip3 install -r $contrib/requirements.txt -t $contrib/../packages