diff --git a/mpsd-software.py b/mpsd-software.py
index 4b6203ddeede05eebadfec59a2323c74a836cd54..70e487d244825e7deda893332b1398ba502d4541 100755
--- a/mpsd-software.py
+++ b/mpsd-software.py
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ def install_environment(
             )
 
 
-def remove_environment(mpsd_release, root_dir, package_sets="NONE", force=False):
+def remove_environment(mpsd_release, root_dir, package_sets="NONE", force_remove=False):
     """Remove release from installation."""
     msg = (
         f"Removing release {mpsd_release}"
@@ -994,11 +994,11 @@ def remove_environment(mpsd_release, root_dir, package_sets="NONE", force=False)
         sys.exit(1)
     if "ALL" in package_sets:
         # we need to remove the entire release folder
-        logging.info(
+        logging.warning(
             f"Removing release {mpsd_release} from {root_dir}"
             "do you want to continue? [y/n]"
         )
-        if force or input().lower() == "y":
+        if force_remove or input().lower() == "y":
             folders_to_remove = os.listdir(root_dir / mpsd_release)
             # skip logs folder
             folders_to_remove.remove("logs")