diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/polkit/polkit_126.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/polkit/polkit_126.bb
index 64aba7b2dd..c503ca9dc4 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/polkit/polkit_126.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/polkit/polkit_126.bb
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ do_install:append() {
 	# Polkit unconditionally installs a systemd service, remove it on SysVinit
 	# systems to avoid "installed but not packaged file" error.
 	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
-		rm -r ${D}${libdir}/systemd
+		rm -rf ${D}${nonarch_libdir}/systemd ${D}${libdir}/systemd
 	fi
 }