diff --git a/gnulib.modules b/gnulib.modules
index b60d6512..6fc9b2cc 100644
--- a/gnulib.modules
+++ b/gnulib.modules
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ file-has-acl
 fileblocks
 fnmatch-gnu
 fprintftime
+free-posix
 fseeko
 fstatat
 full-write
diff --git a/src/misc.c b/src/misc.c
index 0a84c065..b7b99e5f 100644
--- a/src/misc.c
+++ b/src/misc.c
@@ -695,13 +695,11 @@ remove_any_file (const char *file_name, enum remove_option option)
 		char *file_name_buffer = make_file_name (file_name, entry);
 		int r = remove_any_file (file_name_buffer,
                                          RECURSIVE_REMOVE_OPTION);
-		int e = errno;
 		free (file_name_buffer);
 
 		if (! r)
 		  {
 		    free (directory);
-		    errno = e;
 		    return 0;
 		  }
 	      }