diff --git a/src/build/linux/sysroot_scripts/sysroot-creator.sh b/src/build/linux/sysroot_scripts/sysroot-creator.sh
index fda3de4e57..7cd0634994 100644
--- a/src/build/linux/sysroot_scripts/sysroot-creator.sh
+++ b/src/build/linux/sysroot_scripts/sysroot-creator.sh
@@ -397,8 +397,6 @@ HacksAndPatchesCommon() {
   # which overwrites PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR internally
   SubBanner "Move pkgconfig scripts"
   mkdir -p ${INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/lib/pkgconfig
-  mv ${INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/lib/${arch}-${os}/pkgconfig/* \
-      ${INSTALL_ROOT}/usr/lib/pkgconfig
 }