diff --git a/packages/devel/lockdev/package.mk b/packages/devel/lockdev/package.mk
index 01e7f93eaa..82ce0388ea 100644
--- a/packages/devel/lockdev/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/lockdev/package.mk
@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static --disable-shared"
 
-makeinstall_target() {
-  : # nothing to install
+post_makeinstall_target() {
+  rm -rf $INSTALL/usr
 }