1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/lib/devtool/deploy.py b/scripts/lib/devtool/deploy.py
index 833322571f..e14a587417 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/devtool/deploy.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/devtool/deploy.py
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ def deploy(args, config, basepath, workspace):
             srcdir = recipe_outdir
             recipe_outdir = os.path.join(rd.getVar('WORKDIR'), 'devtool-deploy-target-stripped')
             if os.path.isdir(recipe_outdir):
-                bb.utils.remove(recipe_outdir, True)
+                exec_fakeroot(rd, "rm -rf %s" % recipe_outdir, shell=True)
             exec_fakeroot(rd, "cp -af %s %s" % (os.path.join(srcdir, '.'), recipe_outdir), shell=True)
             os.environ['PATH'] = ':'.join([os.environ['PATH'], rd.getVar('PATH') or ''])
             oe.package.strip_execs(args.recipename, recipe_outdir, rd.getVar('STRIP'), rd.getVar('libdir'),