diff --git a/common/hooks/post-install/01-remove-localized-manpages.sh b/common/hooks/post-install/01-remove-localized-manpages.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index bee8d9d84e..0000000000
--- a/common/hooks/post-install/01-remove-localized-manpages.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# This hook removes localized man(1) files
-
-hook() {
-	local section mandir=${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/man
-
-	for section in ${mandir}/*; do
-		if ! [ -d ${section} ]; then
-			continue
-		fi
-
-		case ${section} in
-			${mandir}/man[0-9n]|${mandir}/man[013][fp])
-				continue;;
-			${mandir}/cat[0-9n]|${mandir}/cat[013][fp])
-				continue;;
-		esac
-
-		rm -rf ${section}
-	done
-}