diff --git a/shutils/metadata.sh b/shutils/metadata.sh
index 984b0e3b30..d2f383e72f 100644
--- a/shutils/metadata.sh
+++ b/shutils/metadata.sh
@@ -133,9 +133,15 @@ xbps_write_metadata_pkg_real()
 			j=$(echo $f|sed -e "$fpattern")
 			[ "$j" = "" ] && continue
 			[ "$j" = "/usr/share/info/dir" ] && continue
+			# Ignore compressed files.
 			if $(echo $j|grep -q '.*.gz$'); then
 				continue
 			fi
+			# Ignore non info files.
+			if ! $(echo $j|grep -q '.*.info$') && \
+			   ! $(echo $j|grep -q '.*.info-[0-9]*$'); then
+				continue
+			fi
 			if [ -h ${DESTDIR}/$j ]; then
 				dirat=$(dirname $j)
 				lnkat=$(readlink ${DESTDIR}/$j)