diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-support/zile/zile_2.4.11.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-support/zile/zile_2.4.11.bb
index ff0517c8a7..05a6afbe9f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-support/zile/zile_2.4.11.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-support/zile/zile_2.4.11.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "1fd27bbddc61491b1fbb29a345d0d344734aa9e80cfa07b02892eedf83
 
 inherit autotools pkgconfig
 
+do_install_append() {
+        rm -rf ${D}${libdir}/charset.alias
+        rmdir --ignore-fail-on-non-empty ${D}${libdir}
+}
+
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= ""
 PACKAGECONFIG += "${@bb.utils.filter('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'acl', d)}"