diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c426a881e68..493cd08450c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C libsysfs clean
 	$(MAKE) -C tdb clean
 
-DISTFILES = $(shell find . \( -not -name '.' \) -print | grep -v CVS | grep -v "\.tar\.gz" | grep -v "\/\." | grep -v releases | grep -v BitKeeper | grep -v SCCS | grep -v ".tdb" | sort )
+DISTFILES = $(shell find . \( -not -name '.' \) -print | grep -v CVS | grep -v "\.tar\.gz" | grep -v "\/\." | grep -v releases | grep -v BitKeeper | grep -v SCCS | grep -v "\.tdb" | sort )
 DISTDIR := $(RELEASE_NAME)
 srcdir = .
 release: $(DISTFILES) clean