diff --git a/common/environment/install/extglob.sh b/common/environment/install/extglob.sh
index 048218c60d..c0bf59d74a 100644
--- a/common/environment/install/extglob.sh
+++ b/common/environment/install/extglob.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 # This provides the extglob function to expand wildcards in the destdir
 
 expand_destdir() {
-	local glob_list= result= glob= file=
+	local result= glob= file=
 
-	for glob; do
-		glob_list+=" $DESTDIR/$glob"
-	done
-	shopt -s extglob
-	for file in $glob_list; do
-		result+=" ${file#$DESTDIR/}"
-	done
-	shopt -u extglob
-	echo $result
+	(
+		set -f
+		for glob in $@; do
+			files=$(echo "${PKGDESTDIR}/${glob}")
+			set +f
+			for file in $files; do
+				result+="${blank}${file#$PKGDESTDIR/}"
+				blank=" "
+			done
+		done
+		echo "$result"
+	)
 }
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh b/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
index ab010ff42f..75d47d3649 100644
--- a/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ genpkg() {
 	local _replaces="$(echo $replaces)"
 	local _reverts="$(echo $reverts)"
 	local _mutable_files="$(echo $mutable_files)"
-	local _conf_files="$(expand_destdir $conf_files)"
+	local _conf_files="$(expand_destdir "$conf_files")"
 	local _alternatives="$(echo $alternatives)"
 	local _tags="$(echo $tags)"
 
diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh b/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh
index e9015e2536..441da4a59f 100644
--- a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ hook() {
 	done
 
 	# Check that configuration files really exist.
-	for f in $(expand_destdir ${conf_files}); do
+	for f in $(expand_destdir "${conf_files}"); do
 		if [ ! -f "${PKGDESTDIR}/${f}" ]; then
 			msg_red "${pkgver}: '$f' configuration file not in PKGDESTDIR!\n"
 			error=1