diff --git a/common/environment/install/extglob.sh b/common/environment/install/extglob.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..048218c60dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/environment/install/extglob.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# This provides the extglob function to expand wildcards in the destdir
+
+expand_destdir() {
+	local glob_list= result= glob= file=
+
+	for glob; do
+		glob_list+=" $DESTDIR/$glob"
+	done
+	shopt -s extglob
+	for file in $glob_list; do
+		result+=" ${file#$DESTDIR/}"
+	done
+	shopt -u extglob
+	echo $result
+}
diff --git a/common/environment/pkg/extglob.sh b/common/environment/pkg/extglob.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index be620cec704..00000000000
--- a/common/environment/pkg/extglob.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-# This provides the extglob function to expand wildcards in the destdir
-
-expand_destdir() {
-	local glob_list= result= glob= file=
-
-	for glob; do
-		glob_list+=" $DESTDIR/$glob"
-	done
-	shopt -s extglob
-	for file in $glob_list; do
-		result+=" ${file#$DESTDIR/}"
-	done
-	shopt -u extglob
-	echo $result
-}
-
-
diff --git a/common/environment/pkg/extglob.sh b/common/environment/pkg/extglob.sh
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..727ffaf5645
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/environment/pkg/extglob.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../install/extglob.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh b/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
index 8ffa91d8e5a..ab010ff42f8 100644
--- a/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # This hook generates a XBPS binary package from an installed package in destdir.
 
-source ${XBPS_COMMONDIR}/environment/pkg/extglob.sh
-
 genpkg() {
 	local pkgdir="$1" arch="$2" desc="$3" pkgver="$4" binpkg="$5"
 	local _preserve _deps _shprovides _shrequires _gitrevs _provides _conflicts
diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh b/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh
index d584b78d7a1..e9015e25365 100644
--- a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # This hook checks for common issues related to void.
 
-source ${XBPS_COMMONDIR}/environment/pkg/extglob.sh
-
 hook() {
 	local error=0 filename= rev= libname= conflictPkg= conflictFile=
 	local conflictRev= ignore= found= mapshlibs=$XBPS_COMMONDIR/shlibs