diff --git a/recipes/emulators/flycast/recipe.toml b/recipes/emulators/flycast/recipe.toml
index 505b79654..7277aa1ef 100644
--- a/recipes/emulators/flycast/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/emulators/flycast/recipe.toml
@@ -55,6 +55,6 @@ COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
     "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}"
 )
 cookbook_configure
-# Fix for appstream generation
-mv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/metainfo/org.flycast.Flycast.metainfo.xml" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/metainfo/flycast.metainfo.xml"
+# appstream generation broken
+rm -rf "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/metainfo"
 """