diff --git a/make/target-rootfs.mk b/make/target-rootfs.mk
index 3ef38606..04539b8b 100644
--- a/make/target-rootfs.mk
+++ b/make/target-rootfs.mk
@@ -104,8 +104,9 @@ rootfs-cleanup: $(ROOTFS)
 	rm -rf $(ROOTFS)$(libdir)/sigc++*
 	rm -rf $(ROOTFS)$(libdir)/glib-2.0
 	rm -f  $(ROOTFS)$(libdir)/libvorbisenc*
-	find $(ROOTFS) \( -name .gitignore -o -name .gitkeep \) -type f -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 rm -f
-	find $(ROOTFS) \( -name Makefile.am \) -type f -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 rm -f
+	rm -rf $(ROOTFS)/.git
+	find $(ROOTFS) -name .gitignore -type f -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 rm -f
+	find $(ROOTFS) -name Makefile.am -type f -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 rm -f
 	find $(ROOTFS)$(base_libdir) \( -name '*.a' -o -name '*.la' \) -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 rm -f
 	find $(ROOTFS)$(libdir) \( -name '*.a' -o -name '*.la' \) -print0 | xargs --no-run-if-empty -0 rm -f
 	@$(call MESSAGE,"After cleanup: $$(du -sh $(ROOTFS))")