diff --git a/meta/classes/base.bbclass b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
index 2196aec631..c504f78283 100644
--- a/meta/classes/base.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/base.bbclass
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ python do_populate_staging () {
 
 addtask install after do_compile
 do_install[dirs] = "${D} ${S} ${B}"
+# Remove and re-create ${D} so that is it guaranteed to be empty
 do_install[cleandirs] = "${D}"
 
 base_do_install() {