diff --git a/chapter05/linux-headers.xml b/chapter05/linux-headers.xml
index 24415bf55..09fedf835 100644
--- a/chapter05/linux-headers.xml
+++ b/chapter05/linux-headers.xml
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@
     location.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make headers
-find usr/include -name '.*' -delete
-rm usr/include/Makefile
+find usr/include -type f ! -name '*.h' -delete
 </userinput><userinput remap="install">cp -rv usr/include $LFS/usr</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>