diff --git a/EESSI-remove-software.sh b/EESSI-remove-software.sh
index 29a47c0686..2e89a9fceb 100755
--- a/EESSI-remove-software.sh
+++ b/EESSI-remove-software.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ if [ $EUID -ne 0 ]; then
                     #   directory only (${app_dir}/easybuild)
                     rm -rdfv ${app_dir}
                     rm -rdfv ${app_module}
-                    ls ${app_dir}/easybuild || true
+                    # ls didn't change the result (permission denied)
+                    # ls ${app_dir}/easybuild || true
+                    mkdir -p ${app_dir}/easybuild
 
                     ## 1st remove files in depth-first order
                     #for filepath in $(find ${app_dir} -depth -type f); do
diff --git a/easystacks/software.eessi.io/2023.06/rebuilds/20241112-eb-4.9.4-EESSI-extend.yml b/easystacks/software.eessi.io/2023.06/rebuilds/20241112-eb-4.9.4-EESSI-extend.yml
index e4c658784f..86ec70d6ec 100644
--- a/easystacks/software.eessi.io/2023.06/rebuilds/20241112-eb-4.9.4-EESSI-extend.yml
+++ b/easystacks/software.eessi.io/2023.06/rebuilds/20241112-eb-4.9.4-EESSI-extend.yml
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 # EESSI-extend should adjust EASYBUILD_INSTALLPATH and set
 # EASYBUILD_CUDA_COMPUTE_CAPABILITIES
 easyconfigs:
-  - EESSI-extend-2023.06-easybuild.eb
+  - EESSI-extend-2023.06-easybuild.eb:
+      options:
+        keeppreviousinstall: True
diff --git a/load_eessi_extend_module.sh b/load_eessi_extend_module.sh
index 9d13f313f3..257570bc50 100755
--- a/load_eessi_extend_module.sh
+++ b/load_eessi_extend_module.sh
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ else
         eb_install_out=${TMPDIR}/eb_install.out
         ok_msg="EESSI-extend/${EESSI_EXTEND_VERSION} installed, let's go!"
         fail_msg="Installing EESSI-extend/${EESSI_EXTEND_VERSION} failed, that's not good... (output: ${eb_install_out})"
-        ${EB} "EESSI-extend-${EESSI_EXTEND_VERSION}.eb" 2>&1 | tee ${eb_install_out}
+        ${EB} --keeppreviousinstall True "EESSI-extend-${EESSI_EXTEND_VERSION}.eb" 2>&1 | tee ${eb_install_out}
         check_exit_code $? "${ok_msg}" "${fail_msg}"
     )