diff --git a/rc b/rc
index e6601ed..9bac8b3 100755
--- a/rc
+++ b/rc
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function _q-tools-update-binary {
                 "$QTOOLSPATH"/current.tar.gz
             local obsoleted_file
             if [[ -e .removed_files.txt ]]; then
-              while obsoleted_file; do
+              while read obsoleted_file; do
                 echo removing "$obsoleted_file"
               done < .removed_files.txt
             fi