diff --git a/install b/install
index d937b9d..2786ccd 100755
--- a/install
+++ b/install
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # https://github.com/armbian/config/blob/master/debian-software
 # https://forum.openmediavault.org/index.php/Thread/25062-Install-OMV5-on-Debian-10-Buster/
 #
-# version: 1.2.13
+# version: 1.2.14
 #
 
 if [[ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]]; then
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ if [ ${ipv6} -ne 1 ]; then
   echo 'Acquire::ForceIPv4 "true";' > ${forceIpv4}
 fi
 
-# remove vscode repo if found since there is no desktop environment
-if [ -f "${vsCodeList}" ]; then
-  rm "${vsCodeList}"
-fi
 
 echo "Updating repos before installing..."
 apt-get update
@@ -168,6 +164,10 @@ if grep -q raspberrypi.org /etc/apt/sources.list.d/*; then
   done
   echo "Installing monit from raspberrypi repo..."
   apt-get --yes --no-install-recommends install -t ${codename} monit
+
+  # remove vscode repo if found since there is no desktop environment
+  # empty file will exist to keep raspberrypi-sys-mods package from adding it back
+  truncate -s 0 "${vsCodeList}"
 fi
 
 echo "Install prerequisites..."