diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/capnproto/capnproto_1.0.2.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/capnproto/capnproto_1.0.2.bb
index daeeb975f..ad4e036a4 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/capnproto/capnproto_1.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-devtools/capnproto/capnproto_1.0.2.bb
@@ -27,4 +27,10 @@ FILES:${PN}-compiler = "${bindir}"
 PACKAGE_BEFORE_PN = "${PN}-compiler"
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-dev += "${PN}-compiler"
 
+do_install:append:class-target() {
+  # delete lines checking files in bindir, e.g. this:
+  # list(APPEND _cmake_import_check_files_for_CapnProto::capnp_tool "${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/bin/capnp" )
+  sed -i "/.*_cmake_import_check_files_for_CapnProto.*bin\/.*/d" ${D}${libdir}/cmake/CapnProto/CapnProtoTargets-noconfig.cmake
+}
+
 BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"