diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
index d2e6f5a7df..c5ca0bfc05 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/package.mk
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ PKG_URL="http://busybox.net/downloads/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST=""
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain busybox:host hdparm dosfstools e2fsprogs zip unzip pciutils usbutils parted"
 PKG_DEPENDS_INIT="toolchain"
-PKG_NEED_UNPACK="packages/sysutils/busybox/config/*"
 PKG_PRIORITY="required"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="BusyBox: The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux"
diff --git a/scripts/unpack b/scripts/unpack
index 246dd148a4..2091c3a772 100755
--- a/scripts/unpack
+++ b/scripts/unpack
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ for i in $BUILD/$1-*; do
       done
       # trigger unpack / full rebuild on any patch / script / etc.. change
       # TODO: rewwork $PKG_DIR/scripts -> $PKG_DIR/filesystem/....
-      for file in $PKG_DIR/{patches,scripts}/* $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/patches/$PKG_NAME/*.patch; do
+      for file in $PKG_DIR/{patches,scripts,config}/* $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/patches/$PKG_NAME/*.patch; do
         if [ -f "$file" -a "$file" -nt "$i/.openelec-unpack" ]; then
           CLEAN_SOURCE=yes
           break