diff --git a/src/GenieBuilder.jl b/src/GenieBuilder.jl
index 3b4a4eff..14823952 100755
--- a/src/GenieBuilder.jl
+++ b/src/GenieBuilder.jl
@@ -91,14 +91,10 @@ function postinstall()
   end
 
   for app in readdir(APPS_FOLDER[])
-    trashme_file = joinpath(APPS_FOLDER[], app, ".trashme")
-    if isfile(trashme_file)
-      modified_app_name = open(trashme_file) do io
-        strip(read(io, String))
-      end
-
-      mv(joinpath(APPS_FOLDER[], app), joinpath(TRASH_FOLDER[], modified_app_name))
-      rm(joinpath(TRASH_FOLDER[], modified_app_name, ".trashme"))
+    app_path = joinpath(APPS_FOLDER[], app)
+
+    if isfile(joinpath(app_path, ".trashme"))
+      rm(app_path, recursive=true)
     end
   end
 end