diff --git a/src/update.c b/src/update.c
index d00e8d60..73b9d531 100644
--- a/src/update.c
+++ b/src/update.c
@@ -230,5 +230,6 @@ update_archive (void)
 
   write_eot ();
   close_archive ();
+  finish_deferred_unlinks ();
   names_notfound ();
 }