diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc
index 8c475df..203fb97 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ do_install () {
 do_install_extra () {
     install -d ${D}${base_bindir}
     mv ${D}${bindir}/tar ${D}${base_bindir}/tar
-    rmdir ${D}${bindir}/
-    rmdir ${D}${sbindir}/
 }
 
 inherit update-alternatives