diff --git a/srcpkgs/chroot-gcc/template b/srcpkgs/chroot-gcc/template
index af4f6848b77..1983dbd9afd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chroot-gcc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chroot-gcc/template
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ do_install() {
 
 	if [ -d ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64 ]; then
 		mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64/* ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/
-		rmdir ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
+		rmdir ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64
 	fi
 
 	# Make version a symlink of major version to make all versions