diff --git a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
index b7048e39d..29bdf2b81 100755
--- a/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
+++ b/contrib/build-linux/appimage/make_appimage.sh
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ PYDIR="$APPDIR"/usr/lib/python3.9
 rm -rf "$PYDIR"/{test,ensurepip,lib2to3,idlelib,turtledemo}
 rm -rf "$PYDIR"/{ctypes,sqlite3,tkinter,unittest}/test
 rm -rf "$PYDIR"/distutils/{command,tests}
-rm -rf "$PYDIR"/config-3.9m-x86_64-linux-gnu
+rm -rf "$PYDIR"/config-3.*-x86_64-linux-gnu
 rm -rf "$PYDIR"/site-packages/{opt,pip,setuptools,wheel}
 rm -rf "$PYDIR"/site-packages/Cryptodome/SelfTest
 rm -rf "$PYDIR"/site-packages/{psutil,qrcode,websocket}/tests