diff --git a/pisi/actionsapi/kerneltools.py b/pisi/actionsapi/kerneltools.py
index 68a02758..b8fa7847 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("rm -rf .*")
+    shelltools.system("find . -path './.*' -exec rm -f '{}' \;")
 
 def cleanModuleFiles():
     """ Cleans module.* files generated by depmod """