diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/build-bazel-package/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/build-bazel-package/default.nix
index 988298ac72b..502be398eaa 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/build-bazel-package/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/build-bazel-package/default.nix
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation (fBuildAttrs // {
       find $bazelOut/external -maxdepth 1 -type l | while read symlink; do
         name="$(basename "$symlink")"
         rm "$symlink"
-        test -f "$bazelOut/external/@$name.marker" && rm "$bazelOut/external/@$name.marker"
+        test -f "$bazelOut/external/@$name.marker" && rm "$bazelOut/external/@$name.marker" || true
       done
 
       # Patching symlinks to remove build directory reference