diff --git a/src/api/unlink.ts b/src/api/unlink.ts
index ba9126924a..efeceb368a 100644
--- a/src/api/unlink.ts
+++ b/src/api/unlink.ts
@@ -83,16 +83,19 @@ async function getExternalPackages (
   scope?: string
 ): Promise<string[]> {
   let externalLinks: string[] = []
-  for (const dir of await fs.readdir(modules)) {
+  const parentDir = scope ? path.join(modules, scope) : modules
+  for (const dir of await fs.readdir(parentDir)) {
     if (dir[0] === '.') continue
 
     if (!scope && dir[0] === '@') {
-      externalLinks = externalLinks.concat(await getExternalPackages(path.join(modules, dir), store, dir))
+      externalLinks = externalLinks.concat(await getExternalPackages(modules, store, dir))
       continue
     }
 
-    if (await isExternalLink(store, modules, dir)) {
-      externalLinks.push(scope ? `${scope}/${dir}` : dir)
+    const pkgName = scope ? `${scope}/${dir}` : dir
+
+    if (await isExternalLink(store, modules, pkgName)) {
+      externalLinks.push(pkgName)
     }
   }
   return externalLinks
diff --git a/test/unlink.ts b/test/unlink.ts
index d60a4f2008..014a6b9b3f 100644
--- a/test/unlink.ts
+++ b/test/unlink.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,20 @@ test('unlink all packages', async (t: tape.Test) => {
   t.equal(typeof project.requireModule('@zkochan/logger'), 'object', '@zkochan/logger installed after unlinked')
 })
 
+test("don't warn about scoped packages when running unlink w/o params", async (t: tape.Test) => {
+  const project = prepare(t)
+
+  await installPkgs(['@zkochan/logger'], testDefaults())
+
+  const reporter = sinon.spy()
+  await unlink(testDefaults({reporter}))
+
+  t.notOk(reporter.calledWithMatch({
+    level: 'warn',
+    message: '@zkochan/logger is not an external link',
+  }), 'not reported warning')
+})
+
 test("don't unlink package that is not a link", async (t: tape.Test) => {
   const project = prepare(t)