diff --git a/pisi/actionsapi/kerneltools.py b/pisi/actionsapi/kerneltools.py
index bcba8b37..5ba0c3b2 100644
--- a/pisi/actionsapi/kerneltools.py
+++ b/pisi/actionsapi/kerneltools.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def installSource():
     shelltools.cd(os.path.join(get.installDIR(), destination))
     autotools.make("clean")
     autotools.make("modules_prepare")
-    shelltools.system("find . -path './.*' -exec rm -rf '{}' \;")
+    shelltools.system("find . -path './.*' | xargs rm -rf")
 
 def cleanModuleFiles():
     """ Cleans module.* files generated by depmod """