diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 251d724a2..593678804 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ ignore() {
 		_msg "Ignore profiles/files in dists/ignore/$name"
 		while read -r profile; do
 			[[ "$profile" =~ ^\# ]] && continue
-			if [[ -e "$profile" ]]; then
+			[[ -z "$profile" ]] && continue
+			if [[ -e  "${ROOT:?}/$profile" ]]; then
 				rm -r "${ROOT:?}/$profile"
 			else
 				find "$ROOT/apparmor.d" -iname "$profile" -type f -exec rm {} \;