diff --git a/package/pkg-generic.mk b/package/pkg-generic.mk
index 45589bcbb4..7afcd05de9 100644
--- a/package/pkg-generic.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-generic.mk
@@ -135,6 +135,23 @@ define check_bin_arch
 		-a $(BR2_READELF_ARCH_NAME)
 endef
 
+# Functions to remove conflicting and useless files
+
+# $1: base directory (target, staging, host)
+define remove-conflicting-useless-files
+	$(if $(strip $($(PKG)_DROP_FILES_OR_DIRS)),
+		$(Q)$(RM) -rf $(patsubst %, $(1)%, $($(PKG)_DROP_FILES_OR_DIRS)))
+endef
+define REMOVE_CONFLICTING_USELESS_FILES_IN_HOST
+	$(call remove-conflicting-useless-files,$(HOST_DIR))
+endef
+define REMOVE_CONFLICTING_USELESS_FILES_IN_STAGING
+	$(call remove-conflicting-useless-files,$(STAGING_DIR))
+endef
+define REMOVE_CONFLICTING_USELESS_FILES_IN_TARGET
+	$(call remove-conflicting-useless-files,$(TARGET_DIR))
+endef
+
 ################################################################################
 # Implicit targets -- produce a stamp file for each step of a package build
 ################################################################################
@@ -823,6 +840,16 @@ $$(error "Package $(1) defines host variant before target variant!")
 endif
 endif
 
+# Globaly remove following conflicting and useless files
+$(2)_DROP_FILES_OR_DIRS += /share/info/dir
+
+ifeq ($$($(2)_TYPE),host)
+$(2)_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += REMOVE_CONFLICTING_USELESS_FILES_IN_HOST
+else
+$(2)_POST_INSTALL_STAGING_HOOKS += REMOVE_CONFLICTING_USELESS_FILES_IN_STAGING
+$(2)_POST_INSTALL_TARGET_HOOKS += REMOVE_CONFLICTING_USELESS_FILES_IN_TARGET
+endif
+
 # human-friendly targets and target sequencing
 $(1):			$(1)-install
 $(1)-install:		$$($(2)_TARGET_INSTALL)