diff --git a/package/linenoise/linenoise.mk b/package/linenoise/linenoise.mk
index 562b445af..aff0c7d38 100644
--- a/package/linenoise/linenoise.mk
+++ b/package/linenoise/linenoise.mk
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ LINENOISE_VERSION = 828b9dacc52d4ad5a15c89be8fb8691d224f9a4f
 LINENOISE_SITE = $(call github,antirez,linenoise,$(LINENOISE_VERSION))
 LINENOISE_LICENSE = BSD-2c
 LINENOISE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+# Static library only, nothing to install on target
+LINENOISE_INSTALL_TARGET = NO
 
 define LINENOISE_BUILD_CMDS
 	cd $(@D); $(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -c linenoise.c
@@ -21,10 +23,4 @@ define LINENOISE_INSTALL_STAGING_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -D $(@D)/linenoise_example    $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/linenoise_example
 endef
 
-define LINENOISE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 -D $(@D)/linenoise.h          $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include/linenoise.h
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 -D $(@D)/liblinenoise.a       $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/liblinenoise.a
-	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -D $(@D)/linenoise_example    $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/linenoise_example
-endef
-
 $(eval $(generic-package))