diff --git a/package/libnl/libnl.mk b/package/libnl/libnl.mk
index 8d3b9ade79..6edb1f8e5f 100644
--- a/package/libnl/libnl.mk
+++ b/package/libnl/libnl.mk
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ LIBNL_SOURCE = libnl-$(LIBNL_VERSION).tar.gz
 LIBNL_SITE = http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/files/
 LIBNL_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBNL_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison
+LIBNL_MAKE = $(MAKE1)
 
 define LIBNL_UNINSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	rm -f $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl.so*
+	rm -r $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl.* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl-*.*
+	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libnl
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,libnl))