diff --git a/main/binutils/APKBUILD b/main/binutils/APKBUILD
index ad65c862d84..492adb13486 100644
--- a/main/binutils/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/binutils/APKBUILD
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ package() {
 		rmdir "$pkgdir"/usr/lib64
 	fi
 	rm "$pkgdir"/usr/lib/libiberty.a
+	if [ "$CHOST" != "$CTARGET" ]; then
+		# creating cross tools: remove any files that would conflict
+		# with the native tools, or other cross tools
+		rm -r "$pkgdir"/usr/share
+	fi
 	find "$pkgdir" -name "*.la" -delete
 }