diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index ae27a82..ed5a6e8 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ LC_ALL=C perl -p -i -e "s/^SUBLEVEL.*/SUBLEVEL = %{sublevel}/" Makefile
 
 # get rid of unwanted files
 find . -name '*~' -o -name '*.orig' -o -name '*.append' | %kxargs rm -f
-
+find . -name '.get_maintainer.ignore' | %kxargs rm -f
 
 %build
 
@@ -1326,8 +1326,6 @@ SaveDevel() {
 	popd >/dev/null
 	rm -f $TempDevelRoot/.config.old
 
-	rm -f $TempDevelRoot/.get_maintainer.ignore
-
 	# fix permissions
 	chmod -R a+rX $TempDevelRoot