diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7cd5a05192..0ce1e50e99 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ uninstall-headers:
 	$(MAKE) -C libavformat uninstall-headers
 	$(MAKE) -C libpostproc uninstall-headers
 	-rmdir "$(incdir)"
-	-rmdir "$(prefix)/include/postproc"
 
 depend dep: .depend
 	$(MAKE) -C libavutil   depend
diff --git a/common.mak b/common.mak
index 43bcc57355..191598aca1 100644
--- a/common.mak
+++ b/common.mak
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ uninstall-libs:
 	       "$(shlibdir)/$(SLIBNAME_WITH_VERSION)"
 	-rm -f "$(libdir)/$(LIB)"
 
-uninstall-headers:
+uninstall-headers::
 	rm -f $(addprefix "$(incdir)/",$(HEADERS))
 	rm -f "$(libdir)/pkgconfig/lib$(NAME).pc"
 
diff --git a/libpostproc/Makefile b/libpostproc/Makefile
index d30b4a18de..356ce2fcc4 100644
--- a/libpostproc/Makefile
+++ b/libpostproc/Makefile
@@ -22,3 +22,5 @@ depend dep: postprocess.c
 postprocess_pic.o: postprocess.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CFLAGS) -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC -DPIC -o $@ $<
 
+uninstall-headers::
+	-rmdir "$(prefix)/include/postproc"