diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index f0a0048..97a7f04 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ for BUILD_TARGET_LC in $(subst_tgts ${BUILD_TARGETS_META}); do
 		break;
 	fi;
 done;
-do_strip; do_tarballs; fini_build_vars;
+copy_etc; do_strip; do_tarballs; fini_build_vars;
 log_msg info "${BUILD_NFINI} finished, ${BUILD_NSKIP} skipped, and ${BUILD_NFAIL} failed builds in ${BUILD_NBUILT} build script(s).";
 log_msg info "Build time: ${BUILD_TIMES_HOURS} hour(s), ${BUILD_TIMES_MINUTES} minute(s), and ${BUILD_TIMES_SECS} second(s).";
 fini_build_progress_file;
diff --git a/scripts/midipix_sh.build b/scripts/midipix_sh.build
deleted file mode 100644
index 94b98d3..0000000
--- a/scripts/midipix_sh.build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#
-# . ./build.vars and set -o errexit -o noglob are assumed.
-#
-
-if ! is_build_script_done install; then
-	(cd ${MIDIPIX_BUILD_PWD}/etc;
-	tar -cpf - midipix_check.sh midipix.sh README midipix_shortcut.vbs	|\
-		tar -C ${PREFIX} -xpf -);
-	chmod +x ${PREFIX}/midipix.sh;
-	set_build_script_done install finish;
-fi;
-
-# vim:filetype=sh
diff --git a/subr/build.subr b/subr/build.subr
index 98bd455..2a9f80f 100644
--- a/subr/build.subr
+++ b/subr/build.subr
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ clean_prefix() {
 	fi;
 };
 
+copy_etc() {
+	tar -C etc -cpf - midipix_check.sh midipix.sh README midipix_shortcut.vbs	|\
+	tar -C ${PREFIX} -xpf -;
+	chmod +x ${PREFIX}/midipix.sh;
+};
+
 create_dirs() {
 	insecure_mkdir ${PREFIX} ${PREFIX_NATIVE} ${PREFIX_CROSS} ${PREFIX_TARGET}/lib ${DLCACHEDIR} ${WORKDIR};
 	for __ in ${PREFIX}/usr ${PREFIX_NATIVE}/usr; do
diff --git a/subr/tarballs.subr b/subr/tarballs.subr
index 7bde664..abcbad0 100644
--- a/subr/tarballs.subr
+++ b/subr/tarballs.subr
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ do_tarball_dist() {
 	tar -cpf - $(find . -maxdepth 2 -mindepth 1 -type d				\
 			-not -path ./native -not -path ./native/lib.bak			\
 			-not -path ./tmp -not -path ./tmp/\*)				\
-		etc/midipix_shortcut.vbs etc/midipix.sh	etc/README								|\
+		midipix_shortcut.vbs midipix.sh	README					|\
 	${TARBALL_COMPRESS_CMD} ${TARBALL_COMPRESS_ARGS} -c > ${TARBALL_FNAME};
 	log_msg info "Finished building binary distribution tarball.";
 	if [ -x "$(which gpg 2>/dev/null)" -a -n "${TARBALL_SIGN_GPG_KEY}" ] &&\
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ do_tarball_toolchain() {
 do_tarball_minipix() {
 	TARBALL_MINIPIX_FNAME=${TARBALL_MINIPIX_FNAME_PREFIX}${BUILD_USER}@${BUILD_HNAME}-${BUILD_DATE_START}.tar.${TARBALL_SUFFIX};	
 	tar -cpf - minipix 								\
-		etc/midipix_shortcut.vbs etc/midipix.sh	etc/README								|\
+		midipix_shortcut.vbs midipix.sh README					|\
 	${TARBALL_COMPRESS_CMD} ${TARBALL_COMPRESS_ARGS} -c > ${TARBALL_MINIPIX_FNAME};
 	log_msg info "Finished building binary Minipix distribution tarball.";
 	if [ -x "$(which gpg 2>/dev/null)" -a -n "${TARBALL_MINIPIX_SIGN_GPG_KEY}" ] &&\