diff --git a/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass b/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass
index c73b24f273..552e5f3a54 100644
--- a/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/distutils.bbclass
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ distutils_do_install() {
         #
         if test -e ${D}${datadir}/share; then
             mv -f ${D}${datadir}/share/* ${D}${datadir}/
+            rmdir ${D}${datadir}/share
         fi
 }