diff --git a/build/confirmpatches.sh b/build/confirmpatches.sh
index 18016c6bf6a82db47d3a6c5b2c088f4df010f073..c9cb6993c9d70ec783d0876f1ddd3ae859075ceb 100644
--- a/build/confirmpatches.sh
+++ b/build/confirmpatches.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SERIESPATH=./series
 PATCHESPATH=./patches
-for SERIES in `ls $SERIESPATH | grep -v CVS` ; do
+for SERIES in `ls $SERIESPATH | egrep -v "CVS|~$|.orig"` ; do
 	#echo $SERIES
 	for PATCH in `cat $SERIESPATH/$SERIES`; do
 		#echo $PATCH