diff --git a/scripts/build/termux_step_extract_into_massagedir.sh b/scripts/build/termux_step_extract_into_massagedir.sh
index 273e3529e..eb7e5bc30 100644
--- a/scripts/build/termux_step_extract_into_massagedir.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/termux_step_extract_into_massagedir.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ termux_step_extract_into_massagedir() {
 	# Build diff tar with what has changed during the build:
 	cd $TERMUX_PREFIX
 	tar -N "$TERMUX_BUILD_TS_FILE" \
-		--exclude='lib/libutil.so' \
+		--exclude='lib/libutil.so' --exclude='tmp' \
 		-czf "$TARBALL_ORIG" .
 
 	# Extract tar in order to massage it