diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/python_hatchling.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/python_hatchling.bbclass
index 6765ddbe8ce..8ad3ac7fbbb 100644
--- a/meta/classes-recipe/python_hatchling.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-recipe/python_hatchling.bbclass
@@ -7,21 +7,3 @@
 inherit python_pep517
 
 DEPENDS += "python3-hatchling-native"
-
-# delete nested, empty directories from the python site-packages path. Make
-# sure that we remove the native ones for target builds as well
-hatchling_rm_emptydirs:class-target () {
-        find ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/${PYTHON_DIR}/site-packages/* -depth -type d -empty -delete
-        find ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_DIR}/site-packages/* -depth -type d -empty -delete
-}
-
-hatchling_rm_emptydirs:class-native () {
-        find ${STAGING_LIBDIR_NATIVE}/${PYTHON_DIR}/site-packages/* -depth -type d -empty -delete
-}
-
-# Define a default empty version of hatchling_rm_emptydirs to appease bitbake
-hatchling_rm_emptydirs () {
-        :
-}
-
-do_prepare_recipe_sysroot[postfuncs] += " hatchling_rm_emptydirs"