diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index f8e66001f7..86c3680ad1 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class CVSDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
   end
 
   def stage
-    FileUtils.cp_r Dir[@co+"*"], Dir.pwd
+    FileUtils.cp_r Dir[@co+"{.}"], Dir.pwd
 
     require 'find'
     Find.find(Dir.pwd) do |path|