diff --git a/home-manager/home-manager b/home-manager/home-manager
index 6903c7bfe..2ad91dc90 100644
--- a/home-manager/home-manager
+++ b/home-manager/home-manager
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ function doUninstall() {
             HOME_MANAGER_CONFIG="$(mktemp --tmpdir home-manager.XXXXXXXXXX)"
             echo "{ lib, ... }: { home.file = lib.mkForce {}; }" > "$HOME_MANAGER_CONFIG"
             doSwitch
+            $DRY_RUN_CMD nix-env -e home-manager-path || true
             rm "$HOME_MANAGER_CONFIG"
             $DRY_RUN_CMD rm $VERBOSE_ARG -r \
                 "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/home-manager"