diff --git a/package/fetchmail/fetchmail.mk b/package/fetchmail/fetchmail.mk
index 5cae0e2c4b..6aa0a2c918 100644
--- a/package/fetchmail/fetchmail.mk
+++ b/package/fetchmail/fetchmail.mk
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3),y)
 define FETCHMAIL_REMOVE_FETCHMAILCONF_PY
 	$(RM) -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION_MAJOR)/site-packages/fetchmailconf.py
 endef
-FETCHMAIL_POST_TARGET_INSTALL_HOOKS += FETCHMAIL_REMOVE_FETCHMAILCONF_PY
+FETCHMAIL_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += FETCHMAIL_REMOVE_FETCHMAILCONF_PY
 endif
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))