diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 101bff997..e9263631e 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-08-27  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
+
+	* specdir: Correctly remove temporary directory prior to use.
+
 2003-08-27  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@redhat.com>
 
 	* sigproc.cc (wait_sig): Count number of iterations through
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/speclib b/winsup/cygwin/speclib
index cd463f808..9de9f50c4 100755
--- a/winsup/cygwin/speclib
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/speclib
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ sort -o /tmp/$$.objs -u /tmp/$$.objs
 
 [ -s /tmp/$$.objs ] || { echo "speclib: couldn't find symbols for $lib" 1>&2; exit 1; }
 
-/bin/rm -f /tmp/$$>dir
+/bin/rm -rf /tmp/$$.dir
 mkdir /tmp/$$.dir
 cd /tmp/$$.dir
 if v; then