diff --git a/builder/builder-post-process.c b/builder/builder-post-process.c
index 0c27308d..aef203ef 100644
--- a/builder/builder-post-process.c
+++ b/builder/builder-post-process.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ builder_post_process_debuginfo (GFile          *app_dir,
                         {
                           /* Make sure the target is gone, because g_file_copy does
                              truncation on hardlinked destinations */
-                          g_file_delete (dst, NULL, NULL);
+                          (void)g_file_delete (dst, NULL, NULL);
 
                           if (!g_file_copy (src, dst,
                                             G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE,
diff --git a/builder/builder-source-file.c b/builder/builder-source-file.c
index ee568b68..c4e46b5d 100644
--- a/builder/builder-source-file.c
+++ b/builder/builder-source-file.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ builder_source_file_extract (BuilderSource  *source,
 
       /* Make sure the target is gone, because g_file_copy does
          truncation on hardlinked destinations */
-      g_file_delete (dest_file, NULL, NULL);
+      (void)g_file_delete (dest_file, NULL, NULL);
 
       if (!g_file_copy (src, dest_file,
                         G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE,