diff --git a/buildtgz b/buildtgz
index 37c734f87..94eee4644 100755
--- a/buildtgz
+++ b/buildtgz
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ for a in $SUBDIRS; do
 	if [[ ! -f $TGZ ]]; then
 	   	echo "Building: " $TGZ
 #		git log $a > $a/$a.log
-		tar zcvf $TGZ $a
+		tar zcvf $TGZ --exclude=.[a-z]* $a
 	else
 		TOUCHED=`find $a -cnewer $TGZ`
 		if [[ -n $TOUCHED ]]; then
 			echo "Building: " $TGZ
 #			git log $a > $a/$a.log
-			tar zcvf $TGZ $a
+			tar zcvf $TGZ --exclude=.[a-z]* $a
 		fi
 	fi
 done
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index 3b7d15a63..332bf0c74 100644
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diff --git a/smilies_adult.tgz b/smilies_adult.tgz
index e4e86ba2f..13cc14437 100644
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diff --git a/statusnet.tgz b/statusnet.tgz
index 2b41f5a47..b772d736d 100755
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diff --git a/twitter.tgz b/twitter.tgz
index 52a05cc66..8430114ea 100755
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