diff --git a/base/m4/m4.conf b/base/m4/m4.conf
index 6106f773c..9e95d9c28 100644
--- a/base/m4/m4.conf
+++ b/base/m4/m4.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: package/.../m4/m4.conf
-# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2007 - 2015 The OpenSDE Project
 #
 # More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
 #
@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@
 
 
 var_append GCC_WRAPPER_APPEND ' ' '-std=c99'
+
+# we never want this file
+var_append INSTALL_WRAPPER_FILTER "|" "sed -e 's,.*/charset.alias,/tmp/x,'"
+