Uninstalling firefox using sccm

I'm trying to find a way to uninstall Firefox through SCCM. I've tried many different switches on the install file, but nothing seems to work. I googled it, but I haven't found much help any where. I also can't find any help on the Mozilla website for uninstalling either.

I use
Uninstall program: helper.exe -ms
Uninstall start in: %programfiles%\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall
It works.. sort of. It does actually uninstall but it initially comes back with "Removal failed" even though it really is gone. When I hit "retry" it changes to "Available". Not completely sure why this is, yet.
Oh, and I should probably mention that I'm using SCCM 2012 RC2

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