diff --git a/meta/classes/meson.bbclass b/meta/classes/meson.bbclass
index 0bfe945811..b265e6659f 100644
--- a/meta/classes/meson.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/meson.bbclass
@@ -140,16 +140,6 @@ meson_do_configure() {
     # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/commit/ef9aeb188ea2bc7353e59916c18901cde90fa2b3
     unset LD
 
-    # sstate.bbclass no longer removes empty directories to avoid a race (see
-    # commit 4f94d929 "sstate/staging: Handle directory creation race issue").
-    # Unfortunately Python apparently treats an empty egg-info directory as if
-    # the version it previously contained still exists and fails if a newer
-    # version is required, which Meson does. To avoid this, make sure there are
-    # no empty egg-info directories from previous versions left behind. Ignore
-    # all errors from rmdir since the egg-info may be a file rather than a
-    # directory.
-    rmdir ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_DIR}/site-packages/*.egg-info 2>/dev/null || :
-
     # Work around "Meson fails if /tmp is mounted with noexec #2972"
     mkdir -p "${B}/meson-private/tmp"
     export TMPDIR="${B}/meson-private/tmp"