diff --git a/bin/foamDiffSourceList b/bin/foamDiffSourceList
index b713573890..104a322bdc 100755
--- a/bin/foamDiffSourceList
+++ b/bin/foamDiffSourceList
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ find -H $newDir                \
  -a ! -name "core.[1-9]*"      \
  -a ! -name "log[0-9]*"        \
 | sed                          \
+ -e "\@$newDir/.git/@d"        \
  -e "\@$newDir/lib/@d"         \
  -e "\@$newDir/src/other/mico-*/platforms@d"  \
  -e "\@$newDir/src/other/mpich-*/platforms@d" \
diff --git a/bin/foamPack b/bin/foamPack
index 5122b252af..fcf6df3d81 100755
--- a/bin/foamPack
+++ b/bin/foamPack
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ find -H $packDir               \
  -a ! -name "log[0-9]*"        \
  -a ! -name "so_locations"     \
 | sed                          \
+ -e "\@$packDir/.git/@d"       \
  -e "\@$packDir/lib/@d"        \
  -e "\@$packDir/src/other/mico-*/platforms@d"  \
  -e "\@$packDir/src/other/mpich-*/platforms@d" \
diff --git a/bin/foamPackSource b/bin/foamPackSource
index 9e1141972e..3fa602cf1b 100755
--- a/bin/foamPackSource
+++ b/bin/foamPackSource
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ find -H $packDir               \
  -a ! -name "core.[1-9]*"      \
  -a ! -name "log[0-9]*"        \
 | sed                          \
+ -e "\@$packDir/.git/@d"       \
  -e "\@$packDir/lib/@d"        \
  -e "\@$packDir/src/other/mico-*/platforms@d"  \
  -e "\@$packDir/src/other/mpich-*/platforms@d" \