diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index 7e778b07..b5d38455 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ reverse                      = $(if $(wordlist 2,2,$(1)),$(call reverse,$(wordli
 make_subdirs                 = set -e; for D in $(SUBDIRS) ; do make -C $$D ; done
 make_subdirs_target          = set -e; for D in $(SUBDIRS) ; do make -C $$D $@; done
 install_local_cfg            = $(INSTALL) -p -o $(CFGOWNER) -g $(CFGGROUP) -m $(CFGMODE) $< $@
-cvs_files                    = sh $(JWB_SCRIPT_DIR)/scm.sh ls-files -f
+cvs_files                    = sh $(JWB_SCRIPT_DIR)/scm.sh ls-files
 add_flavour_prefix           = $(SED) "s/\([^ ][^ ]*\) *\([<>=]*\) *\([^ ]*\)/$(FLAVOUR_PREFIX)\1 \2 \3/g"
 beautify_lib_path            = $(SED) 's/:/\n  + /g'
 find_files                   = $(wildcard $(addsuffix /$(1),$(patsubst :, ,$(2))))
diff --git a/make/list-files.mk b/make/list-files.mk
index 681c5724..ff9b6dd5 100644
--- a/make/list-files.mk
+++ b/make/list-files.mk
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ list-text-files echo-text-files:
 	$(Q)$(LIST_VCS_FILES) -ft
 
 tar-files:
-	$(Q)$(LIST_VCS_FILES) $(TOPDIR) -f | xargs tar -C $(TOPDIR) -cf -
+	$(Q)$(LIST_VCS_FILES) $(TOPDIR) | xargs tar -C $(TOPDIR) -cf -
 
 cpio-files:
-	$(Q)$(LIST_VCS_FILES) $(TOPDIR) -f | cpio --directory=$(TOPDIR) -o -H newc
+	$(Q)$(LIST_VCS_FILES) $(TOPDIR) | cpio --directory=$(TOPDIR) -o -H newc
 
 endif # ifndef LIST_FILES_MK_INCLUDED
diff --git a/scripts/pkg.sh b/scripts/pkg.sh
index 39adaf3b..38ff7c35 100644
--- a/scripts/pkg.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkg.sh
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ scm_files()
 {
 	(
 		cd $TOPDIR
-		/bin/bash $JWB_SCRIPT_DIR/scm.sh ls-files -f "$@"
+		/bin/bash $JWB_SCRIPT_DIR/scm.sh ls-files "$@"
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/scm.sh b/scripts/scm.sh
index 5dfbf80e..c359b489 100644
--- a/scripts/scm.sh
+++ b/scripts/scm.sh
@@ -121,7 +121,17 @@ cmd_ls_files()
 		local opts="$git_ls_files_opts"
 		git --version | grep -q "version *1" && opt_no_submodules=1
 		[ "$opt_no_submodules" = 1 ] || opts="$opts --recurse-submodules"
-		git ls-files --recurse-submodules $opts $1
+		if [ "$opt_only_regular_files" != 1 ]; then
+			git ls-files --recurse-submodules $opts $1
+		else
+			local entry meta
+			while IFS= read -r -d '' entry; do
+				meta=${entry%%$'\t'*}
+				case ${meta%% *} in
+				100644|100755) output "${entry#*$'\t'}" ;;
+				esac
+			done < <(git ls-files -s -z --recurse-submodules $opts $1)
+		fi
 		if [ "$include_vcs_files" = 1 -a -d .git ]; then
 			output_find .git
 		fi