diff --git a/10.2/php7.4/apache/Dockerfile b/10.2/php7.4/apache/Dockerfile
index f037bdc..11f766f 100644
--- a/10.2/php7.4/apache/Dockerfile
+++ b/10.2/php7.4/apache/Dockerfile
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 		gettext \
 		zip \
 	; \
-	rm -r /tmp/pear; \
 	\
 # some misbehaving extensions end up outputting to stdout
 	out="$(php -r 'exit(0);')"; \
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 		apcu \
 		memcached \
 	; \
-	rm -r /tmp/pear; \
+	[ -d /tmp/pear ] && rm -r /tmp/pear; \
 	\
 # reset apt-mark's "manual" list so that "purge --auto-remove" will remove all build dependencies
 	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \
diff --git a/10.2/php7.4/fpm/Dockerfile b/10.2/php7.4/fpm/Dockerfile
index eb99929..79079cd 100644
--- a/10.2/php7.4/fpm/Dockerfile
+++ b/10.2/php7.4/fpm/Dockerfile
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 		gettext \
 		zip \
 	; \
-	rm -r /tmp/pear; \
 	\
 # some misbehaving extensions end up outputting to stdout
 	out="$(php -r 'exit(0);')"; \
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 		apcu \
 		memcached \
 	; \
-	rm -r /tmp/pear; \
+	[ -d /tmp/pear ] && rm -r /tmp/pear; \
 	\
 # reset apt-mark's "manual" list so that "purge --auto-remove" will remove all build dependencies
 	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \
diff --git a/10.2/php8.0/apache/Dockerfile b/10.2/php8.0/apache/Dockerfile
index 641a4d5..092cfd9 100644
--- a/10.2/php8.0/apache/Dockerfile
+++ b/10.2/php8.0/apache/Dockerfile
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 		gettext \
 		zip \
 	; \
-	rm -r /tmp/pear; \
 	\
 # some misbehaving extensions end up outputting to stdout
 	out="$(php -r 'exit(0);')"; \
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 		memcached \
 		xmlrpc \
 	; \
-	rm -r /tmp/pear; \
+	[ -d /tmp/pear ] && rm -r /tmp/pear; \
 	\
 # reset apt-mark's "manual" list so that "purge --auto-remove" will remove all build dependencies
 	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \
diff --git a/10.2/php8.0/fpm/Dockerfile b/10.2/php8.0/fpm/Dockerfile
index d041e78..ce7822b 100644
--- a/10.2/php8.0/fpm/Dockerfile
+++ b/10.2/php8.0/fpm/Dockerfile
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 		gettext \
 		zip \
 	; \
-	rm -r /tmp/pear; \
 	\
 # some misbehaving extensions end up outputting to stdout
 	out="$(php -r 'exit(0);')"; \
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 		memcached \
 		xmlrpc \
 	; \
-	rm -r /tmp/pear; \
+	[ -d /tmp/pear ] && rm -r /tmp/pear; \
 	\
 # reset apt-mark's "manual" list so that "purge --auto-remove" will remove all build dependencies
 	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.template b/Dockerfile.template
index a639dc0..e145021 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/Dockerfile.template
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 		gettext \
 		zip \
 	; \
-	rm -r /tmp/pear; \
 	\
 # some misbehaving extensions end up outputting to stdout
 	out="$(php -r 'exit(0);')"; \
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 		xmlrpc \
 {{ ) else "" end -}}
 	; \
-	rm -r /tmp/pear; \
+	[ -d /tmp/pear ] && rm -r /tmp/pear; \
 	\
 	runDeps="$( \
 		scanelf --needed --nobanner --format '%n#p' --recursive "$extDir" \
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ RUN set -ex; \
 		xmlrpc \
 {{ ) else "" end -}}
 	; \
-	rm -r /tmp/pear; \
+	[ -d /tmp/pear ] && rm -r /tmp/pear; \
 	\
 # reset apt-mark's "manual" list so that "purge --auto-remove" will remove all build dependencies
 	apt-mark auto '.*' > /dev/null; \