diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05001dce21..b2d6959252 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -316,9 +316,13 @@ If you don't have the repo cloned (e.g. you installed via a Claude Code paste an
 # 1. Stop browse daemons
 pkill -f "gstack.*browse" 2>/dev/null || true
 
-# 2. Remove per-skill symlinks pointing into gstack/
-find ~/.claude/skills -maxdepth 1 -type l 2>/dev/null | while read -r link; do
-  case "$(readlink "$link" 2>/dev/null)" in gstack/*|*/gstack/*) rm -f "$link" ;; esac
+# 2. Remove per-skill directories created by setup
+#    setup creates a real directory per skill, with SKILL.md symlinked into gstack/
+find ~/.claude/skills -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d 2>/dev/null | while IFS= read -r dir; do
+  [ "$(basename "$dir")" = "gstack" ] && continue
+  link="$dir/SKILL.md"
+  [ -L "$link" ] || continue
+  case "$(readlink "$link" 2>/dev/null)" in gstack/*|*/gstack/*) rm -rf "$dir" ;; esac
 done
 
 # 3. Remove gstack