diff --git a/R/files/r_packages_cleanup.sh b/R/files/r_packages_cleanup.sh
index d17d47eb..e86b4f68 100644
--- a/R/files/r_packages_cleanup.sh
+++ b/R/files/r_packages_cleanup.sh
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 for package in r-base r-base-core r-base-dev r-base-html r-cran-boot r-cran-class r-cran-cluster r-cran-codetools r-cran-foreign r-cran-kernsmooth r-cran-lattice r-cran-mass r-cran-matrix r-cran-mgcv r-cran-nlme r-cran-nnet r-cran-rpart r-cran-spatial r-cran-survival r-doc-html r-recommended ; do apt-mark unhold $package; done
 
 # Remove the old r packages
-apt-get purge r-base-* r-cran-* -y
+apt-get purge r-base-* r-cran-* -y --force-yes
+apt-get autoremove -y
 
 # Remove the CRAN packages
-rm -fr /usr/lib/R  /usr/local/lib/R
+rm -fr /usr/lib/R/site-library  /usr/local/lib/R/site-library
 rm -fr /var/cache/R/*
 
 exit 0