diff --git a/common/environment/pkg/.empty b/common/environment/pkg/.empty
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d..00000000000
diff --git a/common/environment/pkg/extglob.sh b/common/environment/pkg/extglob.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be620cec704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/environment/pkg/extglob.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# 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/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh b/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
index 3ace80fedcf..8ffa91d8e5a 100644
--- a/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/do-pkg/00-gen-pkg.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
 # This hook generates a XBPS binary package from an installed package in destdir.
 
-expand_dstdir() {
-	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
-}
+source ${XBPS_COMMONDIR}/environment/pkg/extglob.sh
 
 genpkg() {
 	local pkgdir="$1" arch="$2" desc="$3" pkgver="$4" binpkg="$5"
@@ -63,7 +52,7 @@ genpkg() {
 	local _replaces="$(echo $replaces)"
 	local _reverts="$(echo $reverts)"
 	local _mutable_files="$(echo $mutable_files)"
-	local _conf_files="$(expand_dstdir $conf_files)"
+	local _conf_files="$(expand_destdir $conf_files)"
 	local _alternatives="$(echo $alternatives)"
 	local _tags="$(echo $tags)"
 
diff --git a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh b/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh
index d42877814b6..d584b78d7a1 100644
--- a/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh
+++ b/common/hooks/pre-pkg/99-pkglint.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # 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
@@ -25,8 +27,8 @@ hook() {
 	done
 
 	# Check that configuration files really exist.
-	for f in ${conf_files}; do
-		if [ ! -f ${PKGDESTDIR}/${f} ]; then
+	for f in $(expand_destdir ${conf_files}); do
+		if [ ! -f "${PKGDESTDIR}/${f}" ]; then
 			msg_red "${pkgver}: '$f' configuration file not in PKGDESTDIR!\n"
 			error=1
 		fi