diff --git a/man/mirror.packages.Rd b/man/mirror.packages.Rd
index 6d65175..0ea128a 100644
--- a/man/mirror.packages.Rd
+++ b/man/mirror.packages.Rd
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ localrepos <- file.path("file:", normalizePath(repodir))
 available.packages(type="source", repos=localrepos)[,c("Package","Repository","File")]
 available.packages(type="win.binary", repos=localrepos)[,c("Package","Repository","File")]
 
-unlink(repodir)
+unlink(repodir, recursive=TRUE)
 
 }
 }
diff --git a/tests/localdir-repos.R b/tests/localdir-repos.R
index b21adbe..7df258b 100644
--- a/tests/localdir-repos.R
+++ b/tests/localdir-repos.R
@@ -139,6 +139,6 @@ stopifnot(
 # a matter of switch to contriburl at start of install.packages/update.packages?
 # switch using contrib.url() for cran and localcran, as is for localdir
 
-unlink(td)
+unlink(td, recursive=TRUE)
 options(.op)
 if (!interactive()) q("no")