diff --git a/extra/fwupd/PKGBUILD b/extra/fwupd/PKGBUILD
index 8e024c34a..cf52216d5 100644
--- a/extra/fwupd/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/fwupd/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #  - meson with -Dplugin_intel_spi=false
 #  - meson with -Dplugin_amdgpu=disabled
 #  - remove makedepend on pandoc, meson with -Dman=false
+#  - disable tests, failing in chroot
 
 pkgbase=fwupd
 pkgname=(
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ build() {
     -D plugin_intel_spi=false
     -D supported_build=enabled
     -D systemd_unit_user=fwupd
-    -Dplugin_uefi_capsule=disabled -Dplugin_uefi_pk=disabled -Dplugin_redfish=disabled -Dplugin_nvme=disabled -Dplugin_msr=disabled -Dman=false
+    -Dplugin_uefi_capsule=disabled -Dplugin_uefi_pk=disabled -Dplugin_redfish=disabled -Dplugin_nvme=disabled -Dplugin_msr=disabled -Dman=false -Dtests=false
   )
 
   arch-meson ${pkgname}-${pkgver} build "${meson_options[@]}"
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ package_fwupd() {
   # Add fwupd user https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/79653
   install -D -m644 fwupd.sysusers "${pkgdir}"/usr/lib/sysusers.d/fwupd.conf
   # Remove the tests
-  rm -r "${pkgdir}"/usr/{lib,share}/installed-tests/
+  rm -rf "${pkgdir}"/usr/{lib,share}/installed-tests/
   # Conflicts with the dbxtool package
   mv "${pkgdir}"/usr/bin/{,fwupd-}dbxtool
   #mv "${pkgdir}"/usr/share/man/man1/{,fwupd-}dbxtool.1