diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index 5a1bd3abcb..ea0710fe72 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ base_do_compile() {
 }
 
 addtask install after do_compile
-do_install[dirs] = "${D} ${B}"
+do_install[dirs] = "${B}"
 # Remove and re-create ${D} so that is it guaranteed to be empty
 do_install[cleandirs] = "${D}"