diff --git a/loaddictionaries.cc b/loaddictionaries.cc
index 1f47c027..c4e43e28 100644
--- a/loaddictionaries.cc
+++ b/loaddictionaries.cc
@@ -348,12 +348,14 @@ void loadDictionaries( QWidget * parent, bool showInitially,
   for( QStringList::const_iterator i = allIdxFiles.constBegin();
        i != allIdxFiles.constEnd(); ++i )
   {
-    if ( ids.find( FsEncoding::encode( *i ) ) == ids.end() &&
-         i->size() == 32 )
-    {
+    if ( ids.find( FsEncoding::encode( *i ) ) == ids.end()
+         && i->size() == 32 )
+      indexDir.remove( *i );
+    else
+    if ( i->endsWith( "_FTS" )
+         && i->size() == 36
+         && ids.find( FsEncoding::encode( i->left( 32 ) ) ) == ids.end() )
       indexDir.remove( *i );
-      indexDir.remove( *i + "_FTS" );
-    }
   }
 
   // Run deferred inits