diff --git a/core/linux-headers/build b/core/linux-headers/build
index e1dd1b01..9f5ea9ba 100755
--- a/core/linux-headers/build
+++ b/core/linux-headers/build
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh -e
 
-make \
-    headers_install \
-    INSTALL_HDR_PATH="$1/usr" \
-    HOSTCC="${CC:-cc}"
+make HOSTCC="${CC:-cc}" headers
+
+# The headers require rsync for installation, this command
+# simply does the equivalent using find.
+find usr/include -name \*.h -type f | while read -r file; do
+    install -Dm644 "$file" "$1/$file"
+done
diff --git a/core/linux-headers/depends b/core/linux-headers/depends
deleted file mode 100644
index ea8ddfff..00000000
--- a/core/linux-headers/depends
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rsync make