diff --git a/debian/prerm b/debian/prerm
index e0c5126..958c37e 100755
--- a/debian/prerm
+++ b/debian/prerm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ def col(id):
 import subprocess
 import sys
 import os
+from shutil import rmtree
 
 # Only run when we actually want to remove
 if "remove" not in sys.argv and "purge" not in sys.argv:
@@ -24,21 +25,21 @@ if not os.path.exists("/lib/security/howdy/cli"):
 
 # Remove files and symlinks
 try:
-	subprocess.call(["rm /usr/local/bin/howdy"], shell=True)
-except e:
+	os.unlink('/usr/local/bin/howdy')
+except Exception:
 	print("Can't remove executable")
 try:
-	subprocess.call(["rm /usr/share/bash-completion/completions/howdy"], shell=True)
-except e:
+	os.unlink('/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/howdy')
+except Exception:
 	print("Can't remove autocompletion script")
 try:
-	subprocess.call(["rm -rf /lib/security/howdy"], shell=True)
-except e:
+	rmtree('/lib/security/howdy')
+except Exception:
 	# This error is normal
 	pass
 
 # Remove face_recognition and dlib
-subprocess.call(["pip3 uninstall face_recognition face_recognition_models dlib -y --no-cache-dir"], shell=True)
+subprocess.call(['pip3', 'uninstall', 'dlib', '-y', '--no-cache-dir'])
 
 # Print a tearbending message
 print(col(2) + """