diff --git a/lib/package_remove.c b/lib/package_remove.c
index 4e69e826..78ddd7b0 100644
--- a/lib/package_remove.c
+++ b/lib/package_remove.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ xbps_remove_pkg_files(struct xbps_handle *xhp,
 			 * point, so we will only remove dangling symlinks.
 			 */
 			if (realpath(path, buf) == NULL) {
-				if (errno != ENOENT) {
+				if (errno != ENOENT && errno != ELOOP) {
 					free(path);
 					rv = errno;
 					break;