diff --git a/recipes/meta/external-sourcery-toolchain.bb b/recipes/meta/external-sourcery-toolchain.bb
index be5b87b..294c5ff 100644
--- a/recipes/meta/external-sourcery-toolchain.bb
+++ b/recipes/meta/external-sourcery-toolchain.bb
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@ do_install() {
 		cp -a $usr_path ${D}/usr/
 	done
 
-        # Copy locale directory if not already present in libdir
-        if [ ! -d ${D}${libdir}/locale ]; then
-		cp -a $sysroot/usr/lib/locale ${D}${libdir}
-	fi
-
 	for datadir_element in man info; do
 		datadir_path=$sysroot/usr/$datadir_element
 		if [ -e $datadir_path ]; then