diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index 04170e416d..6a1013791c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ fakeroot do_rootfs () {
 
 	rootfs_${IMAGE_PKGTYPE}_do_rootfs
 
+	rm -f ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}${libdir}/ipkg/lists/oe
+	
 	${IMAGE_PREPROCESS_COMMAND}
 		
 	export TOPDIR=${TOPDIR}