diff --git a/board/common/cleanups.sh b/board/common/cleanups.sh
index 3cf2a9a261..90286a07b5 100755
--- a/board/common/cleanups.sh
+++ b/board/common/cleanups.sh
@@ -191,7 +191,6 @@ rm -f $TARGET/usr/bin/v4l2-compliance
 rm -rf $TARGET/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/samba/
 rm -rf $TARGET/usr/lib/python2.7/ensurepip/
 rm -rf $TARGET/usr/lib/python2.7/config/
-rm -rf $TARGET/usr/lib/python2.7/distutils/
 rm -rf $TARGET/usr/lib/python2.7/unittest/
 
 # buildroot default startup scripts