diff --git a/distrib/Makefile-bin.in b/distrib/Makefile-bin.in
index a5f80592665e29b766d7cb815c24898e6503a856..d2dbe160815de0b7c5931771398a37ef05b4b27f 100644
--- a/distrib/Makefile-bin.in
+++ b/distrib/Makefile-bin.in
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ config-pkgs ::
 	   echo "Creating a configured version of $$i .."; \
 	   $(RM) bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i.bak; \
 	   test -f bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i && $(MV) bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i.bak; \
-	   echo "#! $(PERL)" > $$i.tmp ; 		        > bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i ; \
+	   echo "#! $(PERL)"  		        > bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i ; \
 	   echo $$"bindir='$(bindir)';"                        >> bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i ; \
 	   echo $$"libdir='$(real_libdir)';"                   >> bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i ; \
 	   echo $$"libexecdir='$(real_libdir)';"               >> bin/$(platform)/$(package)-$(version)/$$i ; \