diff --git a/recipes-isdn/asterisk/asterisk_1.8.8.1.bb b/recipes-isdn/asterisk/asterisk_1.8.8.1.bb
index f31ae33f43..5162853881 100644
--- a/recipes-isdn/asterisk/asterisk_1.8.8.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-isdn/asterisk/asterisk_1.8.8.1.bb
@@ -84,4 +84,6 @@ do_install_append() {
 
 	install -m 0775 ${WORKDIR}/asterisk.init   ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/asterisk
 	install -m 0660 ${WORKDIR}/modules.conf    ${D}${sysconfdir}/asterisk/
+
+	rm -rf ${D}/var/run
 }