diff --git a/common/hooks/post-install/00-lib32.sh b/common/hooks/post-install/00-lib32.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f5c4fa259ec..00000000000
--- a/common/hooks/post-install/00-lib32.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# This hook removes the /usr/lib32 symlink on 32-bit systems.
-
-hook() {
-	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = "32" ] && \
-	   [ "${pkgname}" != "base-files" ]; then
-		rm -f ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib32
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/common/hooks/post-install/00-libdir.sh b/common/hooks/post-install/00-libdir.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..21c7e35ea95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/hooks/post-install/00-libdir.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# This hook removes the wordsize specific libdir symlink.
+
+hook() {
+	if [ "${pkgname}" != "base-files" ]; then
+		rm -f ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib${XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE}
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-install/00-lib32.sh b/common/hooks/pre-install/00-lib32.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d97a825758..00000000000
--- a/common/hooks/pre-install/00-lib32.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# This hook creates the /usr/lib32 symlink for 32-bit systems.
-
-hook() {
-	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = "32" ] && \
-	   [ "${pkgname}" != "base-files" ]; then
-		vmkdir usr/lib
-		ln -sf lib ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib32
-	fi
-}
diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-install/00-libdir.sh b/common/hooks/pre-install/00-libdir.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f19f68088ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/hooks/pre-install/00-libdir.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# This hook creates the wordsize specific libdir symlink.
+
+hook() {
+	if [ "${pkgname}" != "base-files" ]; then
+		vmkdir usr/lib
+		ln -sf lib ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib${XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE}
+	fi
+}