diff --git a/package/dbus/dbus.mk b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
index d333b203be..ce4032994b 100644
--- a/package/dbus/dbus.mk
+++ b/package/dbus/dbus.mk
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ define DBUS_REMOVE_VAR_LIB_DBUS
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/var/lib/dbus
 endef
 
-DBUS_POST_BUILD_HOOKS += DBUS_REMOVE_VAR_LIB_DBUS
+DBUS_PRE_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += DBUS_REMOVE_VAR_LIB_DBUS
 
 define DBUS_REMOVE_DEVFILES
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/dbus-1.0