diff --git a/lib/compilation.sh b/lib/compilation.sh
index 4ac28434a7..9a66d3e21b 100644
--- a/lib/compilation.sh
+++ b/lib/compilation.sh
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ compile_kernel()
 	cd .. || exit
 	# remove firmare image packages here - easier than patching ~40 packaging scripts at once
 	rm -f linux-firmware-image-*.deb
-	cp ./*.deb "${DEB_STORAGE}/" || exit_with_error "Failed moving kernel DEBs"
+	mv ./*.deb "${DEB_STORAGE}/" || exit_with_error "Failed moving kernel DEBs"
 
 	# store git hash to the file
 	echo "${hash}" > "${SRC}/cache/hash"$([[ ${BETA} == yes ]] && echo "-beta")"/linux-image-${BRANCH}-${LINUXFAMILY}.githash"