diff --git a/meta-oe/classes/kernel.bbclass b/meta-oe/classes/kernel.bbclass
index b30ed36..a784f08 100644
--- a/meta-oe/classes/kernel.bbclass
+++ b/meta-oe/classes/kernel.bbclass
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ kernel_do_install() {
 	#
 	oe_runmake -C $kerneldir CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" clean
 	make -C $kerneldir _mrproper_scripts
-	find $kerneldir -path $kerneldir/scripts -prune -o -name "*.[csS]" -exec rm '{}' \;
+	find $kerneldir -path $kerneldir/lib -prune -o -path $kerneldir/tools -prune -o -path $kerneldir/scripts -prune -o -name "*.[csS]" -exec rm '{}' \;
 	find $kerneldir/Documentation -name "*.txt" -exec rm '{}' \;
 
 	# As of Linux kernel version 3.0.1, the clean target removes