diff --git a/package/bash/bash.mk b/package/bash/bash.mk
index b4681c1085..169fe9f469 100644
--- a/package/bash/bash.mk
+++ b/package/bash/bash.mk
@@ -7,11 +7,16 @@
 BASH_VERSION = 5.0
 BASH_SITE = $(BR2_GNU_MIRROR)/bash
 BASH_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses readline host-bison
-BASH_CONF_OPTS = --with-installed-readline --without-bash-malloc
 BASH_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
 BASH_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 BASH_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu
 
+# We want the bash binary in /bin
+BASH_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--bindir=/bin \
+	--with-installed-readline \
+	--without-bash-malloc
+
 BASH_CONF_ENV += \
 	ac_cv_rl_prefix="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
 	ac_cv_rl_version="$(READLINE_VERSION)" \
@@ -38,11 +43,10 @@ BASH_CONF_ENV += bash_cv_getenv_redef=yes
 endif
 endif
 
-define BASH_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
-		DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) exec_prefix=/ install
+define BASH_REMOVE_UNUSED_FILES
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/bin/bashbug
 endef
+BASH_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += BASH_REMOVE_UNUSED_FILES
 
 # Add /bin/bash to /etc/shells otherwise some login tools like dropbear
 # can reject the user connection. See man shells.