diff --git a/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk b/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk
index 450dba7b24..c6a967d987 100644
--- a/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk
+++ b/package/i2c-tools/i2c-tools.mk
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ I2C_TOOLS_SOURCE = i2c-tools-$(I2C_TOOLS_VERSION).tar.bz2
 I2C_TOOLS_SITE = http://dl.lm-sensors.org/i2c-tools/releases
 I2C_TOOLS_LICENSE = GPLv2+, GPLv2 (py-smbus)
 I2C_TOOLS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-I2C_TOOLS_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
 define I2C_TOOLS_BUILD_CMDS
  $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) -C $(@D)
@@ -22,8 +21,4 @@ define I2C_TOOLS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	done
 endef
 
-define I2C_TOOLS_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
-	$(INSTALL) -D -m644 $(@D)/include/linux/i2c-dev.h $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/linux/
-endef
-
 $(eval $(generic-package))