diff --git a/package/Makefile b/package/Makefile
index 64efeb3745..17378a95ef 100644
--- a/package/Makefile
+++ b/package/Makefile
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ $(curdir)/index: FORCE
 	@for d in $(PACKAGE_SUBDIRS); do ( \
 		mkdir -p $$d; \
 		cd $$d || continue; \
-		$(SCRIPT_DIR)/ipkg-make-index.sh . 2>&1 > Packages && \
+		$(SCRIPT_DIR)/ipkg-make-index.sh . 2>&1 > Packages.manifest; \
+		grep -vE '^(Maintainer|LicenseFiles|Source|Require)' Packages.manifest > Packages && \
 			gzip -9nc Packages > Packages.gz; \
 	); done
 ifdef CONFIG_SIGNED_PACKAGES
diff --git a/scripts/ipkg-make-index.sh b/scripts/ipkg-make-index.sh
index ac6f9837bc..c99c5fe8a3 100755
--- a/scripts/ipkg-make-index.sh
+++ b/scripts/ipkg-make-index.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ for pkg in `find $pkg_dir -name '*.ipk' | sort`; do
 	tar -xzOf $pkg ./control.tar.gz | tar xzOf - ./control | sed -e "s/^Description:/Filename: $sed_safe_pkg\\
 Size: $file_size\\
 SHA256sum: $sha256sum\\
-Description:/" | grep -vE '^(Maintainer|LicenseFiles|Source|Require)'
+Description:/"
 	echo ""
 done
 [ -n "$empty" ] && echo