diff --git a/srcpkgs/avr-gcc/template b/srcpkgs/avr-gcc/template
index d08aa2dca3c..eef1bd7d227 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/avr-gcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/avr-gcc/template
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ post_install() {
 	rm -rf "$DESTDIR"/usr/share/man/man7
 	rm -rf "$DESTDIR"/usr/share/info
 	rm -rf "$DESTDIR"/usr/lib/libcc1.*
+	rm -rf "$DESTDIR"/usr/lib64
 	ln -s avr-gcc "$DESTDIR"/usr/bin/avr-cc
 	find "$DESTDIR"/usr/lib -type f -name "*.a" \
 		-exec avr-strip --strip-debug {} \;