diff --git a/contrib/fix-info-dir b/contrib/fix-info-dir
index 4439ada..c054787 100755
--- a/contrib/fix-info-dir
+++ b/contrib/fix-info-dir
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ else
 	DONE_MSG="total invalid menu item(s) were removed from `pwd`/$DIR_FILE"
 	for Info_Name in `comm -23 $TMP_FILE1 $TMP_FILE2`; do
 		Changed="y"
-		if install-info --remove $Info_Name $DIR_FILE; then
+		if install-info --remove --remove-exactly $Info_Name $DIR_FILE; then
 			Total=`expr "$Total" + "1"`
 		fi
 	done