diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ab4c4d57b65c6ff3dc6fff905a6780468272bb7a..05c4f450e1f04bcc34b96073ee006daa1e04a498 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ docclean:
 	$(MAKE) -C docs/ clean
 
 symlinkclean:
-	find package -type l -exec rm -f {} \;
+	find package -type l -exec rm -f {} +
 
 .SILENT: clean dirclean distclean symlinkclean config-clean download world
 FORCE: ;
diff --git a/include/package-ipkg.mk b/include/package-ipkg.mk
index d824d268f4127ca153f2ee2d175dc203d4ce58de..8b317065bfd4bf04ab20ac051f4c6e2fb53e72a3 100644
--- a/include/package-ipkg.mk
+++ b/include/package-ipkg.mk
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ ifeq ($(DUMP),)
     $$(IPKG_$(1)): $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built $$(IDIR_$(1))/CONTROL/control
 	$(call Package/$(1)/install,$$(IDIR_$(1)))
 	mkdir -p $(PACKAGE_DIR)
-	-find $$(IDIR_$(1)) -name CVS   -exec rm -rf {} \;
-	-find $$(IDIR_$(1)) -name .svn  -exec rm -rf {} \;
-	-find $$(IDIR_$(1)) -name '.#*' -exec rm -f  {} \;
+	-find $$(IDIR_$(1)) -name CVS   -exec rm -rf {} +
+	-find $$(IDIR_$(1)) -name .svn  -exec rm -rf {} +
+	-find $$(IDIR_$(1)) -name '.#*' -exec rm -f  {} +
 	$(RSTRIP) $$(IDIR_$(1))
 	$(IPKG_BUILD) $$(IDIR_$(1)) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
 	@[ -f $$(IPKG_$(1)) ] || false 
diff --git a/scripts/feeds.sh b/scripts/feeds.sh
index d2dfe9da9f26e3c1d0f615d59f956418b0239b82..9fc3343a1be14a51a8e5587e920110f46afc923b 100755
--- a/scripts/feeds.sh
+++ b/scripts/feeds.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cd $TOPDIR
 
 # Some functions we might call several times a run
 delete_symlinks() {
-	find $1 -type l -exec rm -f {} \;
+	find $1 -type l -exec rm -f {} +
 }
 
 setup_symlinks() {