diff --git a/packages/network/samba/package.mk b/packages/network/samba/package.mk
index 2f09923f0c..55ef4b1b94 100644
--- a/packages/network/samba/package.mk
+++ b/packages/network/samba/package.mk
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/bin
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib/python*
   rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/share/perl*
-  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib64/perl*
-  rmdir $INSTALL/usr/lib64
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib64
 
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib/samba
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/samba-config $INSTALL/usr/lib/samba