diff --git a/eog.be0 b/eog.be0
index dd25806ab..857c3dd1f 100755
--- a/eog.be0
+++ b/eog.be0
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ SRCURL[0]="https://download.gnome.org/sources/eog/${PKGVERSION[2]}/eog-${PKGVERS
 #}
 ## by default this may be 'make install DESTDIR="${D}"'
 
+# get rid of a thousand unneeded files
+mee_install_post() {
+  ls -d ${D}/usr/share/help/* | grep -v -e 'C$' -e 'en_GB$' | xargs rm -r
+}
+
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