diff --git a/sunrise-commit b/sunrise-commit
index 53bfec6..ca6c136 100755
--- a/sunrise-commit
+++ b/sunrise-commit
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ main() {
 
 			say "${GREEN}Grepping for package references...${RESET}"
 			# -n is for line numbers, -C would be non-POSIX
-			if grep -n "${regex}" ${SC_ROOT}*/*/*.ebuild ${SC_ROOT}*/*/metadata.xml ${SC_ROOT}profiles/package.mask; then
+			if grep -n "${regex}" ${SC_ROOT}*/*/*.ebuild ${SC_ROOT}*/*/metadata.xml ${SC_ROOT}profiles/package.mask 2>/dev/null; then
 				echo
 				[ -n "${force}" ] || die 'Please remove the removed package references or use --force.'
 			else