diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index 08b1bb7811..3b402e8410 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -445,24 +445,17 @@ export SYSROOT_PREFIX="${PKG_ORIG_SYSROOT_PREFIX}"
 
 if [ "${TARGET}" = "target" -o "${TARGET}" = "init" ]; then
   if [ -d ${INSTALL} ]; then
-    rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}include
-    rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}lib/cmake
-    rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}lib/pkgconfig
     rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}man
-    rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}share/aclocal
     rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}share/bash-completion
     rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}share/doc
     rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}share/gtk-doc
     rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}share/info
     rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}share/locale
     rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}share/man
-    rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}share/pkgconfig
     rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}share/zsh
     rm -rf ${INSTALL}/{usr/,}var
     find ${INSTALL} \( -name "*.orig" \
                   -o -name "*.rej" \
-                  -o -name "*.a" \
-                  -o -name "*.la" \
                   -o -name "*.o" \
                   -o -name "*.in" \
                   -o -name ".git*" \) \
diff --git a/scripts/install b/scripts/install
index 2c0aec42e7..5e435600ce 100755
--- a/scripts/install
+++ b/scripts/install
@@ -138,7 +138,22 @@ if [ "${TARGET}" = "target" ] ; then
 fi
 
 if [ -n "${PKG_INSTALL}" -a -d "${PKG_INSTALL}" ]; then
-  cp -PR ${PKG_INSTALL}/* ${INSTALL}
+  tar \
+    -C "${PKG_INSTALL}" \
+    --exclude=./usr/include \
+    --exclude=./usr/lib/cmake \
+    --exclude=./usr/lib/pkgconfig \
+    --exclude=./usr/share/aclocal \
+    --exclude=./usr/share/pkgconfig \
+    --exclude=./include \
+    --exclude=./lib/cmake \
+    --exclude=./lib/pkgconfig \
+    --exclude=./share/aclocal \
+    --exclude=./share/pkgconfig \
+    --exclude=./.* \
+    --exclude='*.a' \
+    --exclude='*.la' \
+    -cf - . | tar -C "${INSTALL}" -xf -
 fi
 
 if [ "${TARGET}" = "target" ] ; then