diff --git a/code/container/build_dlc-conda-example.sh b/code/container/build_dlc-conda-example.sh
index 6aac51fddaadaec3a6a0af8248693e49b9223fd1..c343bd827698792bd79ae0e61d1f6585c3c4a35c 100644
--- a/code/container/build_dlc-conda-example.sh
+++ b/code/container/build_dlc-conda-example.sh
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ module load apptainer
 
 #export APPTAINER_CACHEDIR=$WORK/.apptainer/cache
 
-rm ~/dlc-conda-example.sif
+rm -f ~/dlc-conda-example.sif
 apptainer build --nv ~/dlc-conda-example.sif dlc-conda-example.def > build_dlc-conda-example.log 2>&1
diff --git a/code/container/build_dlc-dlwgpu.sh b/code/container/build_dlc-dlwgpu.sh
index 8fdd0fade6e4ae7865a5cce1f9bff3d930f12e15..5e1feef7628e48f70ba46a89037de512726c5adb 100644
--- a/code/container/build_dlc-dlwgpu.sh
+++ b/code/container/build_dlc-dlwgpu.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 module load apptainer
 #export APPTAINER_CACHEDIR=$WORK/.apptainer/cache
 
-rm ~/dlc-dlwgpu.sif
+rm -f ~/dlc-dlwgpu.sif
 apptainer build --nv ~/dlc-dlwgpu.sif dlc-dlwgpu.def > build_dlc-dlwgpu.log 2>&1