diff --git a/reconf b/reconf
index db4734c..94f9d80 100755
--- a/reconf
+++ b/reconf
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ exit
 qq(
 
 #!/bin/sh
-rm configure.in
+rm -f configure.in
 ln -s configure.in.automake configure.in
 rm -f config.cache
 rm -f acconfig.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ exit
 #
 qq(
 #!/bin/sh
-rm configure.in
+rm -f configure.in
 ln -s configure.in.lite configure.in
 rm -f config.cache
 rm -f acconfig.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ if(-f "ChangeLog") { $rmChangeLog = 0; }  else { system("touch ChangeLog"); }
 
 
 
-system("rm configure.in");
+system("rm -f configure.in");
 system("ln -s configure.in.automake configure.in");
 
 system ("autoreconf -i", @ARGV);
diff --git a/reconf-1.8 b/reconf-1.8
index d4aa6bb..d757af9 100755
--- a/reconf-1.8
+++ b/reconf-1.8
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 echo WARNING: This script is obsolete, but sometimes works when reconf does not.
-rm configure.in
+rm -f configure.in
 ln -s configure.in.automake configure.in
 rm -f config.cache
 rm -f acconfig.h
diff --git a/reconf-1.9 b/reconf-1.9
index 27ae4cb..1ca70f8 100755
--- a/reconf-1.9
+++ b/reconf-1.9
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 echo WARNING: This script is obsolete, but sometimes works when reconf does not.
-rm configure.in
+rm -f configure.in
 ln -s configure.in.automake configure.in
 rm -f config.cache
 rm -f acconfig.h