diff --git a/rename-e-smith-pkg.sh b/rename-e-smith-pkg.sh
index e075466..702bab7 100755
--- a/rename-e-smith-pkg.sh
+++ b/rename-e-smith-pkg.sh
@@ -280,8 +280,9 @@ sed -i "/^Source:/ s/tar.xz/tar.gz/" "$TARGETPKG.spec"
 git add "$TARGETPKG.spec"
 
 #Delete archivefilename file if it follows the new standard
-if [ -e archivefilename ] ; then git rm archivefilename $QUIET ; fi
-
+if [ -e archivefilename ] ; then 
+  if [ $(cat archivefilename) == "$TARGETPKG-*.tar.gz" ] ; then git rm archivefilename $QUIET ; fi
+fi
 #Update createlinks
 # - if there is an e-smith-<pkg>-update event rename to smeserver-<pkg>-update and add symlink