diff --git a/scripts/prepare-commit.sh b/scripts/prepare-commit.sh
index e54e199eb62..08a9faa0469 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare-commit.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepare-commit.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 ###########################################################################
 
 
-PATH=$PATH:$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/scripts
+PATH=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/scripts:$PATH
 
 if ! type -p astyle.sh >/dev/null; then
 	echo astyle.sh not found
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ "$1" = "-c" ]; then
 	echo "Cleaning..."
-	find . \( -name "*.prepare" -o -name "*.astyle" -o -name "*.nocopyright" -o -name "astyle.*.diff" -o -name "sha-*.diff" -o -name "*.sortinc" -o -name "*.bom" \) -print -delete
+	remove_temporary_files.sh
 fi
 
 set -e
diff --git a/scripts/remove_temporary_files.sh b/scripts/remove_temporary_files.sh
index 665ecd2779e..a611be6b496 100755
--- a/scripts/remove_temporary_files.sh
+++ b/scripts/remove_temporary_files.sh
@@ -16,16 +16,21 @@
 
 #
 # A simple script to get rid of QGIS related temporary files left in 
-# your QGIS source folder by git and the prepare-commit script
-# if you don't want to use "prepare-commit.sh -c"
+# your QGIS source folder by git
 
 # Tim Sutton, May 2008
-find . -name "*.orig" -delete
-find . -name "*.prepare" -delete
-find . -name "*.sortinc" -delete
-find . -name "astyle*.diff" -delete
-find . -name "*.astyle" -delete
-find . -name "sha*.diff" -delete
-find . -name "*~" -delete
-
-
+find . \
+  \( \
+       -name "*.orig" \
+    -o -name "*.prepare" \
+    -o -name "*.sortinc" \
+    -o -name "*.nocopyright" \
+    -o -name "astyle*.diff" \
+    -o -name "sha-*.diff" \
+    -o -name "*.astyle" \
+    -o -name "sha*.diff" \
+    -o -name "*.bom" \
+    -o -name "*~" \
+  \) \
+  -print \
+  -delete