diff --git a/rules.mk b/rules.mk
index fbf42f725d..66ddea2883 100644
--- a/rules.mk
+++ b/rules.mk
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ TARGET_CFLAGS:=$(TARGET_OPTIMIZATION)$(if $(CONFIG_DEBUG), -g3) $(call qstrip,$(
 TARGET_CXXFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 TARGET_ASFLAGS_DEFAULT = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 TARGET_ASFLAGS = $(TARGET_ASFLAGS_DEFAULT)
-TARGET_CPPFLAGS:=-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include -I$(STAGING_DIR)/include
+TARGET_CPPFLAGS:=-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
 TARGET_LDFLAGS:=-L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib -L$(STAGING_DIR)/lib
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN),)
 LIBGCC_S_PATH=$(realpath $(wildcard $(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_LIBGCC_ROOT_DIR))/$(call qstrip,$(CONFIG_LIBGCC_FILE_SPEC))))
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 23671cba91..2f57d25525 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ define PrepareStaging
 		$(if $(QUIET),,set -x;) \
 		mkdir -p "$$dir"; \
 		cd "$$dir"; \
-		mkdir -p bin lib include stamp; \
+		mkdir -p bin lib stamp; \
 	); done
 endef