diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index 82419f992d..dfbb5d6252 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ if [ "${TARGET}" = "target" -o "${TARGET}" = "init" ]; then
     rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/local/,usr/,}var
     find ${INSTALL} \( -name "*.orig" \
                   -o -name "*.rej" \
-                  -o -name "*.o" \
                   -o -name "*.in" \
                   -o -name ".git*" \) \
         -exec rm -f {} \; 2>/dev/null || :