diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 89127915c6..b3bd91eb54 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYC_ONLY)$(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_PYC_ONLY),y)
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/ -name '*.py' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
 endif
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/luarocks
+	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/perl5/$(PERL_VERSION)/pod
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/perl5/$(PERL_VERSION)/$(PERL_ARCHNAME)/CORE
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/perl5/ -name '*.bs' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/perl5/ -name '.packlist' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f