diff --git a/clean.sh b/clean.sh
index 5df2b78d01..0a6047a062 100755
--- a/clean.sh
+++ b/clean.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fi
 	fi
 
 	if [ -d "$TERMUX_TOPDIR" ]; then
-		chmod +w -R "$TERMUX_TOPDIR"
+		chmod +w -R "$TERMUX_TOPDIR" || true
 	fi
 
 	if $TERMUX_ON_DEVICE_BUILD; then
diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_build_folders.sh b/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_build_folders.sh
index e418e595bb..da3a1e7c98 100644
--- a/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_build_folders.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/termux_step_setup_build_folders.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ termux_step_setup_build_folders() {
 	# Following directories may contain files with read-only
 	# permissions which makes them undeletable. We need to fix
 	# that.
-	[ -d "$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR" ] && chmod +w -R "$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR"
-	[ -d "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR" ] && chmod +w -R "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR"
+	[ -d "$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR" ] && chmod +w -R "$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR" || true
+	[ -d "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR" ] && chmod +w -R "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR" || true
 	if [ "$TERMUX_SKIP_DEPCHECK" = false ] && \
 		   [ "$TERMUX_INSTALL_DEPS" = true ] && \
 		   [ "$TERMUX_PKG_METAPACKAGE" = false ] && \