diff --git a/scripts/depmod.sh b/scripts/depmod.sh
index a272356859497fec41796a37e750c4dfc891827d..2ae4817031415a87af016a29fe9125bfccc82855 100755
--- a/scripts/depmod.sh
+++ b/scripts/depmod.sh
@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@ fi
 DEPMOD=$1
 KERNELRELEASE=$2
 
-if ! "$DEPMOD" -V 2>/dev/null | grep -q module-init-tools; then
-	echo "Warning: you may need to install module-init-tools" >&2
-	echo "See http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/docs/post-halloween-2.6.txt" >&2
-	sleep 1
-fi
-
 if ! test -r System.map -a -x "$DEPMOD"; then
 	exit 0
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/package/builddeb b/scripts/package/builddeb
index f6cbc3ddb68ba67bd5ecc0f34d77f2908d89a589..3c6c0b14c8073af178f83e238683b23f5e95e12b 100644
--- a/scripts/package/builddeb
+++ b/scripts/package/builddeb
@@ -238,14 +238,14 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 # Build header package
-(cd $srctree; find . -name Makefile -o -name Kconfig\* -o -name \*.pl > /tmp/files$$)
-(cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include include scripts -type f >> /tmp/files$$)
-(cd $objtree; find .config Module.symvers include scripts -type f >> /tmp/objfiles$$)
+(cd $srctree; find . -name Makefile -o -name Kconfig\* -o -name \*.pl > "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles")
+(cd $srctree; find arch/$SRCARCH/include include scripts -type f >> "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles")
+(cd $objtree; find .config Module.symvers include scripts -type f >> "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles")
 destdir=$kernel_headers_dir/usr/src/linux-headers-$version
 mkdir -p "$destdir"
-(cd $srctree; tar -c -f - -T /tmp/files$$) | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
-(cd $objtree; tar -c -f - -T /tmp/objfiles$$) | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
-rm -f /tmp/files$$ /tmp/objfiles$$
+(cd $srctree; tar -c -f - -T "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles") | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
+(cd $objtree; tar -c -f - -T "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles") | (cd $destdir; tar -xf -)
+rm -f "$objtree/debian/hdrsrcfiles" "$objtree/debian/hdrobjfiles"
 arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
 
 cat <<EOF >> debian/control