diff --git a/packages/mathematica.xml b/packages/mathematica.xml
index 1959e58ca2ef45bc8af2ffcabe1eed18b08474e4..d0e7af6dea92a057865ec1408b9771c70e43b86e 100755
--- a/packages/mathematica.xml
+++ b/packages/mathematica.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@
       </condition>
     </remove>
     <!-- uninstall wolframscript -->
-    <remove cmd='msiexec /qn /x {2DF07200-A7A7-11EF-BD38-00155D3D8248}' />
+    <remove cmd='msiexec /qn /x {2DF07200-A7A7-11EF-BD38-00155D3D8248}'>
+      <condition>
+        <check type="uninstall" condition="versiongreaterorequal" path="WolframScript.+" value="%version" />
+      </condition>
+    </remove>
 
   </package>
 </packages:packages>