diff --git a/kernel.spec b/kernel.spec
index 8754e72b5..60720e9a3 100644
--- a/kernel.spec
+++ b/kernel.spec
@@ -1333,8 +1333,57 @@ BuildKernel() {
     rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/include
     cp .config $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build
     cp -a scripts $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build
+    # the full copy of scripts also copies a bunch of binaries which ends
+    # up screwing the debuginfo. It's just easier to remove them.
+    if [ -f scripts/asn1_compiler ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/asn1_compiler
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/sign-file ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/sign-file
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/extract-cert ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/extract-cert
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/pnmtologo ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/pnmtologo
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/unifdef ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/unifdef
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/sortextable ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/sortextable
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/basic/fixdep ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/basic/fixdep
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/recordmcount ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/recordmcount
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/conmakehash ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/conmakehash
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/kallsyms ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/kallsyms
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/basic/bin2c ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/basic/bin2c
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/mod/modpost ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/mod/modpost
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/kconfig/conf ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/kconfig/conf
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/selinux/mdp/mdp ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/selinux/mdp/mdp
+    fi
+    if [ -f scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders ]; then
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders
+    fi
     if [ -f tools/objtool/objtool ]; then
-      cp -a tools/objtool/objtool $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/tools/objtool/ || :
       # these are a few files associated with objtool
       cp -a --parents tools/build/Build.include $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
       cp -a --parents tools/build/Build $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
@@ -1342,6 +1391,9 @@ BuildKernel() {
       cp -a --parents tools/scripts/utilities.mak $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
       # also more than necessary but it's not that many more files
       cp -a --parents tools/objtool/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
+      # these can be rebuilt
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/tools/objtool/fixdep
+      rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/tools/objtool/objtool
       cp -a --parents tools/lib/str_error_r.c $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
       cp -a --parents tools/lib/string.c $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/
       cp -a --parents tools/lib/subcmd/* $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/lib/modules/$KernelVer/build/