diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_3.21.12.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_3.21.12.bb
index 343933033b..d95e1c20f3 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_3.21.12.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/protobuf/protobuf_3.21.12.bb
@@ -92,8 +92,6 @@ PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN = "${PN}-compiler ${PN}-lite"
 FILES:${PN}-compiler = "${bindir} ${libdir}/libprotoc${SOLIBS}"
 FILES:${PN}-lite = "${libdir}/libprotobuf-lite${SOLIBS}"
 
-SYSROOT_DIRS += "${bindir}"
-
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-compiler = "${PN}"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-dev += "${PN}-compiler"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-ptest = "bash ${@bb.utils.contains('PACKAGECONFIG', 'python', 'python3-protobuf', '', d)}"