diff --git a/package/busybox/Makefile b/package/busybox/Makefile
index 3968f18753..aac9d21e32 100644
--- a/package/busybox/Makefile
+++ b/package/busybox/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +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
+	-rm -rf $(1)/lib64
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,busybox))