diff --git a/include/package-bin.mk b/include/package-bin.mk
index 77e603e420..4ca49218e9 100644
--- a/include/package-bin.mk
+++ b/include/package-bin.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ifeq ($(DUMP),)
   define BuildTarget/bin
-    TARGET_VARIANT=$(if $(ALL_VARIANTS),$(if $(VARIANT),$(VARIANT),$(firstword $(ALL_VARIANTS))))
+    TARGET_VARIANT=$(if $(ALL_VARIANTS),$(if $(VARIANT),$(filter-out *,$(VARIANT)),$(firstword $(ALL_VARIANTS))))
     ifeq ($(if $(TARGET_VARIANT),$(BUILD_VARIANT)),$(TARGET_VARIANT))
     ifdef Package/$(1)/install
       ifneq ($(CONFIG_PACKAGE_$(1))$(DEVELOPER),)
diff --git a/include/package-ipkg.mk b/include/package-ipkg.mk
index bd50edb75f..362a0e2a8b 100644
--- a/include/package-ipkg.mk
+++ b/include/package-ipkg.mk
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ ifeq ($(DUMP),)
     IDIR_$(1):=$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg-$(PKGARCH)/$(1)
     KEEP_$(1):=$(strip $(call Package/$(1)/conffiles))
 
-    TARGET_VARIANT:=$$(if $(ALL_VARIANTS),$$(if $$(VARIANT),$$(VARIANT),$(firstword $(ALL_VARIANTS))))
+    TARGET_VARIANT:=$$(if $(ALL_VARIANTS),$$(if $$(VARIANT),$$(filter-out *,$$(VARIANT)),$(firstword $(ALL_VARIANTS))))
     ifeq ($(BUILD_VARIANT),$$(if $$(TARGET_VARIANT),$$(TARGET_VARIANT),$(BUILD_VARIANT)))
     do_install=
     ifdef Package/$(1)/install
diff --git a/include/subdir.mk b/include/subdir.mk
index 155f493538..95009f814e 100644
--- a/include/subdir.mk
+++ b/include/subdir.mk
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ define subdir
         $(if $(call diralias,$(bd)),$(call warn_eval,$(1)/$(bd),l,T,$(1)/$(call diralias,$(bd))/$(btype)/$(target): $(1)/$(bd)/$(btype)/$(target)))
       )
       $(call warn_eval,$(1)/$(bd),t,T,$(1)/$(bd)/$(target): $(if $(NO_DEPS)$(QUILT),,$($(1)/$(bd)/$(target)) $(call $(1)//$(target),$(1)/$(bd))))
-        $(foreach variant,$(if $(BUILD_VARIANT),$(BUILD_VARIANT),$(if $(strip $($(1)/$(bd)/variants)),$($(1)/$(bd)/variants),$(if $($(1)/$(bd)/default-variant),$($(1)/$(bd)/default-variant),__default))),
+        $(foreach variant,$(filter-out *,$(if $(BUILD_VARIANT),$(BUILD_VARIANT),$(if $(strip $($(1)/$(bd)/variants)),$($(1)/$(bd)/variants),$(if $($(1)/$(bd)/default-variant),$($(1)/$(bd)/default-variant),__default)))),
 			$(if $(BUILD_LOG),@mkdir -p $(BUILD_LOG_DIR)/$(1)/$(bd)/$(filter-out __default,$(variant)))
 			$(if $($(1)/autoremove),$(call rebuild_check,$(1)/$(bd),$(target),,$(filter-out __default,$(variant)),$($(1)/$(bd)/variants)))
 			$(call log_make,$(1)/$(bd),$(target),,$(filter-out __default,$(variant)),$($(1)/$(bd)/variants)) \