diff --git a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
index 72a103bab3..a84361d5d2 100644
--- a/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/readline/package.mk
@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-shared \
                            --enable-static \
                            --with-curses \
                            --without-purify"
+
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/readline
+}