diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/readline/readline.inc b/meta/recipes-core/readline/readline.inc
index 8fe7e8a..743d8b3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/readline/readline.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/readline/readline.inc
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ do_install_append () {
 	# Make install doesn't properly install these
 	oe_libinstall -so -C shlib libhistory ${D}${libdir}
 	oe_libinstall -so -C shlib libreadline ${D}${libdir}
+
+	rmdir ${D}${bindir}
 }
 
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"