diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/libgcc-common.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/libgcc-common.inc
index 148c9f85a7c..9d4fd41f975 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/libgcc-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/libgcc-common.inc
@@ -44,10 +44,14 @@ do_install () {
 }
 
 do_install:append:libc-baremetal () {
-	rmdir ${D}${base_libdir}
+	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','usrmerge','false','true',d)}; then
+		rmdir ${D}${base_libdir}
+	fi
 }
 do_install:append:libc-newlib () {
-	rmdir ${D}${base_libdir}
+	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','usrmerge','false','true',d)}; then
+		rmdir ${D}${base_libdir}
+	fi
 }
 
 # No rpm package is actually created but -dev depends on it, avoid dnf error