diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 46f21de2..8f27b036 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -238,18 +238,16 @@ config: menuconfig
 mrproper: distclean
 
 archive: distclean
-	@(cd .. ;\
-	ln -nfs isdn4k-utils isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION) ;\
-	mkdir -p distisdn ;\
-	tar cvhzf distisdn/isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION).tar.gz isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION) ;\
-	rm isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION) )
+	@(ln -nvfs $(ROOTDIR) ../isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION) ;\
+	mkdir -p ../distisdn ;\
+	tar cvhzf ../distisdn/isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION).tar.gz --exclude-vcs ../isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION) ;\
+	rm ../isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION) )
 
 distarch: distclean
-	(cd .. ;\
-	ln -nfs isdn4k-utils isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION) ;\
-	mkdir -p distisdn ;\
-	tar -cvhz -X isdn4k-utils/distexclude -f distisdn/isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION).tar.gz \
-	isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION) ;\
-	rm isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION) )
+	(ln -nvfs $(ROOTDIR) ../isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION) ;\
+	mkdir -p ../distisdn ;\
+	tar -cvhz -X distexclude -f ../distisdn/isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION).tar.gz \
+	--exclude-vcs ../isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION) ;\
+	rm ../isdn4k-utils-$(I4LVERSION) )
 
 dist: distarch