diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 23e2ee6044..fdbca02108 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -563,8 +563,8 @@ target-finalize: $(PACKAGES)
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/pkgconfig \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/cmake $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/cmake
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/{lib,share}/ -name '*.cmake' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
-	find $(TARGET_DIR)/lib \( -name '*.a' -o -name '*.la' \) -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
-	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib \( -name '*.a' -o -name '*.la' \) -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
+	find $(TARGET_DIR)/lib $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/libexec \
+		\( -name '*.a' -o -name '*.la' \) -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GDB),y)
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/gdb
 endif