diff --git a/package/hal/hal.mk b/package/hal/hal.mk
index 2d58a78d4c..3d4ded713e 100644
--- a/package/hal/hal.mk
+++ b/package/hal/hal.mk
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ $(TARGET_DIR)/$(HAL_TARGET_BINARY): $(HAL_DIR)/hald/hald
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/hal/device-manager
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
 	# remove _everything_ in $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include?
-	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include
+	# rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libhal*.so
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libhal*.la
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/hal