diff --git a/repos/base-linux/recipes/src/base-linux/content.mk b/repos/base-linux/recipes/src/base-linux/content.mk
index 6027b8f88..ac1fcf25c 100644
--- a/repos/base-linux/recipes/src/base-linux/content.mk
+++ b/repos/base-linux/recipes/src/base-linux/content.mk
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ content:
 	sed -i "s/BOARD.*unknown/BOARD := linux/" src/core/linux/target.mk
 	sed -i "s/ld-linux/ld/"                   src/lib/ld/linux/target.mk
 	sed -i "s/linux_timer_drv/timer/"         src/timer/linux/target.mk
+	rm -rf src/lib/initramfs