1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
index 35b8b94d64..acd2579448 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/ncurses/ncurses.inc
@@ -145,9 +145,14 @@ do_test() {
 # Split original _install_opts to two parts.
 # One is the options to install contents, the other is the parameters \
 # when running command "make install"
-_install_opts = "\
-  install.libs install.includes install.man \
-"
+# Note that install.libs will also implicitly install header files,
+# so we do not need to explicitly specify install.includes.
+# Doing so could in fact result in a race condition, as both targets
+# (install.libs and install.includes) would install the same headers
+# at the same time
+
+_install_opts = " install.libs install.man "
+
 _install_cfgs = "\
   DESTDIR='${D}' \
   PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR='${libdir}/pkgconfig' \