diff --git a/lib/functions.sh b/lib/functions.sh
index c9799d75cd..6363ab0d5d 100644
--- a/lib/functions.sh
+++ b/lib/functions.sh
@@ -647,14 +647,14 @@ make_isaexec_stub_arch() {
     for file in $1/*; do
         [[ -f $file ]] || continue # Deals with empty dirs & non-files
         # Check to make sure we don't have a script
-        read -n 5 < $file
+        read -n 4 REPLY < $file
         file=`echo $file | sed -e "s/$1\///;"`
         # Skip if we already made a stub for this file
         [[ -f $file ]] && continue
         # Only copy non-binaries if we set NOSCRIPTSTUB
         if [[ $REPLY != $'\177'ELF && -n "$NOSCRIPTSTUB" ]]; then
-            logmsg "------ Non-binary file: $file - copying instead"
-            cp $1/$file .
+            logmsg "------ Non-binary file: $file - moving instead"
+            mv $1/$file .
             chmod +x $file
             continue
         fi