diff --git a/package/php/php.mk b/package/php/php.mk
index 6e0e216ea0..3e4601ec5d 100644
--- a/package/php/php.mk
+++ b/package/php/php.mk
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ define PHP_INSTALL_FPM_CONF
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0644 package/php/php-fpm.conf \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/php-fpm.conf
 	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/php-fpm.conf.default
+	# remove unused sample status page /usr/php/php/fpm/status.html
+	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/php
 endef
 
 PHP_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += PHP_INSTALL_FPM_CONF