diff --git a/tools/build_scripts/qf-release b/tools/build_scripts/qf-release
index 99af39706..d13175359 100755
--- a/tools/build_scripts/qf-release
+++ b/tools/build_scripts/qf-release
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ if test $do_win32 -eq 1; then
 		man1dir=${qf_win32_dir} \
 		install
 	mkdir -p ${qf_win32_dir}/pkgconfig
-	cp -a ${qf_win32_dir}/QF/*.pc ${qf_win32_dir}/pkgconfig
+	mv ${qf_win32_dir}/QF/*.pc ${qf_win32_dir}/pkgconfig
 	cp -a ../tools/io_mesh_qfmdl ${qf_win32_dir}
 	$MINGW/bin/strip --strip-unneeded "$qf_win32"/bin/*.exe
 	../tools/build_scripts/qf-win32.py "$ver-win32" quakeforge "$qf_win32"