diff --git a/buildscripts/makedist.py b/buildscripts/makedist.py
index e088033564f..f78f5a813f3 100644
--- a/buildscripts/makedist.py
+++ b/buildscripts/makedist.py
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ sed -i 's/dh_installinit/dh_installinit --name=mongodb/' debian/rules) || exit 1
     # If we're just packaging up nightlies, do this:
     nightly_build_mangle_files="""
 ( cd  "{pkg_name}{pkg_name_suffix}-{pkg_version}" && sed -i '/scons[[:space:]]*$/d; s^scons.*install^mkdir -p debian/{pkg_name}{pkg_name_suffix} \&\& wget http://downloads.mongodb.org/linux/mongodb-linux-{mongo_arch}-{mongo_pub_version}.tgz \&\& tar xzvf mongodb-linux-{mongo_arch}-{mongo_pub_version}.tgz \&\& find `tar tzf mongodb-linux-{mongo_arch}-{mongo_pub_version}.tgz | sed "s|/.*||" | sort -u | head -n1` -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | xargs -n1 -IARG mv -v ARG debian/{pkg_name}{pkg_name_suffix}/usr \&\& (rm debian/{pkg_name}{pkg_name_suffix}/usr/bin/mongosniff || true)^' debian/rules)
-( cd "{pkg_name}{pkg_name_suffix}-{pkg_version}" && sed -i 's/^BuildRequires:.*//; s/scons.*\ -c//; s/scons.*\ all//; s^scons.*install^(mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr ; cd /tmp \&\& curl http://downloads.mongodb.org/linux/mongodb-linux-{mongo_arch}-{mongo_pub_version}.tgz > mongodb-linux-{mongo_arch}-{mongo_pub_version}.tgz \&\& tar xzvf mongodb-linux-{mongo_arch}-{mongo_pub_version}.tgz \&\& find `tar tzf mongodb-linux-{mongo_arch}-{mongo_pub_version}.tgz | sed "s|/.*||" | sort -u | head -n1` -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | xargs -n1 -IARG cp -pRv ARG $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr \&\& (rm -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/mongosniff $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib64/libmongoclient.a $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include/mongo || true))^' rpm/mongo.spec)
+( cd "{pkg_name}{pkg_name_suffix}-{pkg_version}" && sed -i 's/^BuildRequires:.*//; s/scons.*\ -c//; s/scons.*\ all//; s^scons.*install^(mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr ; cd /tmp \&\& curl http://downloads.mongodb.org/linux/mongodb-linux-{mongo_arch}-{mongo_pub_version}.tgz > mongodb-linux-{mongo_arch}-{mongo_pub_version}.tgz \&\& tar xzvf mongodb-linux-{mongo_arch}-{mongo_pub_version}.tgz \&\& find `tar tzf mongodb-linux-{mongo_arch}-{mongo_pub_version}.tgz | sed "s|/.*||" | sort -u | head -n1` -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | xargs -n1 -IARG cp -pRv ARG $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr \&\& (rm -r $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/bin/mongosniff $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib64/libmongoclient.a $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/lib/libmongoclient.a $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/include/mongo || true))^' rpm/mongo.spec)
 # Upstream nightlies no longer contain libmongoclient.
 ( cd "{pkg_name}{pkg_name_suffix}-{pkg_version}" && sed -i '/%package devel/{{N;N;d;}}; /%description devel/{{N;N;N;N;N;d;}}; /%files devel/{{N;N;N;d;}};' rpm/mongo.spec )
 ( cd  "{pkg_name}{pkg_name_suffix}-{pkg_version}" && cat debian/rules)