diff --git a/package/perl/perl.mk b/package/perl/perl.mk
index e01570ea7d..01e0166eb4 100644
--- a/package/perl/perl.mk
+++ b/package/perl/perl.mk
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ define PERL_FINALIZE_TARGET
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/perl5/ -name 'extralibs.ld' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/perl5/ -name '*.bs' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
 	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/perl5/ -name '.packlist' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
-	find $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/perl5/ -name 'autosplit.ix' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f
 endef
 
 TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += PERL_FINALIZE_TARGET