diff --git a/package/base/coreutils/coreutils.conf b/package/base/coreutils/coreutils.conf
index 0485d9c4d..eb4dabfb2 100644
--- a/package/base/coreutils/coreutils.conf
+++ b/package/base/coreutils/coreutils.conf
@@ -59,3 +59,5 @@ if [ $stagelevel -gt 0 ]; then
 	postmake="coreutils_postmake"
 fi
 
+# a newer version will be installed by tar later
+var_append flist''del '|' "usr/lib/charset.alias"