diff --git a/package/busybox/Makefile b/package/busybox/Makefile
index 799372fad3..3968f18753 100644
--- a/package/busybox/Makefile
+++ b/package/busybox/Makefile
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ endef
 define Package/busybox/install
 	$(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) CROSS="$(TARGET_CROSS)" PREFIX="$(1)" \
 		EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) install
+	rmdir $(1)/lib64
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,busybox))