diff --git a/lang/python3/Makefile b/lang/python3/Makefile
index 1fb001aa0..1cd18750d 100644
--- a/lang/python3/Makefile
+++ b/lang/python3/Makefile
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ define Build/InstallDev
 endef
 
 PYTHON3_BASE_LIB_FILES:= \
+	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/encodings \
 	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_collections_abc.py \
 	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_sitebuiltins.py \
 	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/_sysconfigdata.py \
diff --git a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-codecs.mk b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-codecs.mk
index 67c3ee51a..66101e1fb 100644
--- a/lang/python3/files/python3-package-codecs.mk
+++ b/lang/python3/files/python3-package-codecs.mk
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ $(call Package/python3/Default)
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call Py3BasePackage,python3-codecs, \
-	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/encodings \
 	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_codecs_cn.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
 	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_codecs_hk.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \
 	/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON3_VERSION)/lib-dynload/_codecs_iso2022.$(PYTHON3_SO_SUFFIX) \