diff --git a/pkg/firmware-rpi/build b/pkg/firmware-rpi/build
index 2715a0a..5f20e50 100755
--- a/pkg/firmware-rpi/build
+++ b/pkg/firmware-rpi/build
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ deploy() {
 	cp -r ${SOURCE}/boot/* "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/"
 	cp $SCRIPTDIR/pkg/$PKGNAME/*.{files,desc} "$PKGDEPLOYDIR"
 
-	pkg_scan_dir "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/overlays" |\
-		sed "s#$PKGDEPLOYDIR/##g" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/boot-rpi-dtbo.files"
+	pkg_scan_dir "overlays" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/boot-rpi-dtbo.files"
 }
 
 check_update() {
diff --git a/pkg/linux-lts/build b/pkg/linux-lts/build
index 9db9f37..7bf8f2a 100755
--- a/pkg/linux-lts/build
+++ b/pkg/linux-lts/build
@@ -67,9 +67,7 @@ deploy() {
 
 			echo "dir lib 0755 0 0" > "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux-modules.files"
 
-			pkg_scan_dir "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/lib" | \
-				sed "s#$PKGDEPLOYDIR/##g" \
-				    >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux-modules.files"
+			pkg_scan_dir "lib" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux-modules.files"
 			;;
 		esac
 	done
diff --git a/pkg/linux_headers/build b/pkg/linux_headers/build
index f48c9f8..9f4bb5f 100755
--- a/pkg/linux_headers/build
+++ b/pkg/linux_headers/build
@@ -20,6 +20,5 @@ deploy() {
 
 	echo "dir include 0755 0 0" > "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux-dev.files"
 
-	pkg_scan_dir "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/include" |\
-		sed "s#$PKGDEPLOYDIR/##g" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux-dev.files"
+	pkg_scan_dir "include" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/linux-dev.files"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/musl/build b/pkg/musl/build
index 19de955..8ec8c40 100755
--- a/pkg/musl/build
+++ b/pkg/musl/build
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ deploy() {
 	cp libssp_nonshared.a "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/lib"
 
 	cp "$SCRIPTDIR/pkg/$PKGNAME/libc-dev.files" "$PKGDEPLOYDIR"
-	pkg_scan_dir "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/include" |\
-		sed "s#$PKGDEPLOYDIR/##g" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/libc-dev.files"
+	pkg_scan_dir "include" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/libc-dev.files"
 
 	if [ "x$TC_HARDENING" = "xyes" ]; then
 		echo "requires libc linux-dev fortify-headers" > \
diff --git a/pkg/nginx/build b/pkg/nginx/build
index e0f55d6..0378b82 100755
--- a/pkg/nginx/build
+++ b/pkg/nginx/build
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ deploy() {
 		echo "dir srv 0755 0 0" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/nginx.files"
 		echo "dir srv/www 0755 0 0" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/nginx.files"
 
-		pkg_scan_dir "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/srv/www" |\
-		     sed "s#$PKGDEPLOYDIR/##g" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/nginx.files"
+		pkg_scan_dir "srv/www" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/nginx.files"
 	fi
 
 	cat_file_override "nginx.conf" > "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/etc/nginx/nginx.conf"
diff --git a/pkg/tzdata/build b/pkg/tzdata/build
index 5884c8e..228862c 100644
--- a/pkg/tzdata/build
+++ b/pkg/tzdata/build
@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@ deploy() {
 
 	sed -i 's@/usr@@g' "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/bin/tzselect"
 
-	pkg_scan_dir "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/share/zoneinfo" | \
-		sed "s#$PKGDEPLOYDIR/##g" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/tzdata.files"
-
-	pkg_scan_dir "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/share/zoneinfo-leaps" | \
-		sed "s#$PKGDEPLOYDIR/##g" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/tzdata.files"
+	pkg_scan_dir "share/zoneinfo" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/tzdata.files"
+	pkg_scan_dir "share/zoneinfo-leaps" >> "$PKGDEPLOYDIR/tzdata.files"
 }
 
 check_update() {
diff --git a/util/emptypkg.sh b/util/emptypkg.sh
index 0ed3f7a..70b9aa4 100644
--- a/util/emptypkg.sh
+++ b/util/emptypkg.sh
@@ -9,9 +9,16 @@ apply_patches() {
 }
 
 pkg_scan_dir() {
-	find -H "$1" -type d -printf "dir \"%p\" 0%m 0 0\\n" | tail -n +2
-	find -H "$1" -type l -printf "slink \"%p\" 0%m 0 0 %l\\n"
-	find -H "$1" -type f -printf "file \"%p\" 0%m 0 0\\n"
+	local sp="$PKGDEPLOYDIR/$1"
+
+	find -H "$sp" -type d -printf "dir \"%p\" 0%m 0 0\\n" | tail -n +2 |\
+		sed "s#$PKGDEPLOYDIR/##g"
+
+	find -H "$sp" -type l -printf "slink \"%p\" 0%m 0 0 %l\\n" |\
+		sed "s#$PKGDEPLOYDIR/##g"
+
+	find -H "$sp" -type f -printf "file \"%p\" 0%m 0 0\\n" |\
+		sed "s#$PKGDEPLOYDIR/##g"
 }
 
 fetch_package() {