diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/mplayer/mplayer2_git.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/mplayer/mplayer2_git.bb
index 446562c881..7c04ff178f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/mplayer/mplayer2_git.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-multimedia/mplayer/mplayer2_git.bb
@@ -141,4 +141,5 @@ do_install() {
     install ${S}/etc/input.conf ${D}/usr/etc/mplayer/
     install ${S}/etc/example.conf ${D}/usr/etc/mplayer/
     install ${S}/etc/codecs.conf ${D}/usr/etc/mplayer/
+    [ -e ${D}/usr/lib ] && rmdir ${D}/usr/lib
 }