diff --git a/src/rootfsinstall.sh b/src/rootfsinstall.sh
index a2dfc0b..f522f6e 100755
--- a/src/rootfsinstall.sh
+++ b/src/rootfsinstall.sh
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ if [ "$INSTALLPACKAGES" -a "$LOCALONLY" != "1" ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ "$REMOVEPACKAGES" ]; then
-   chroot $ROOTMP smart remove -y $REMOVEPACKAGES || true
+   chroot $ROOTMP smart remove -y $REMOVEPACKAGES 2>/dev/null || true
 fi
 
 KERNELDEST=`echo $KERNELDEST | sed "s|@BOOT@|$BOOTMP|g"`