diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index f7ab04566d62..306225ac7224 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -150,13 +150,6 @@ SYMBOL_INDEX_NAME = \
 
 buildsymbols:
 ifdef MOZ_CRASHREPORTER
-ifdef USE_ELF_HACK
-    ifeq (mobile,$(MOZ_BUILD_APP))
-		$(MAKE) -C mobile/xul/installer elfhack
-    else
-		$(MAKE) -C $(MOZ_BUILD_APP)/installer elfhack
-    endif
-endif
 	echo building symbol store
 	$(RM) -r $(DIST)/crashreporter-symbols
 	$(RM) "$(DIST)/$(SYMBOL_ARCHIVE_BASENAME).zip"
diff --git a/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.mk b/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.mk
index c146cfa2a15c..69840d06823e 100644
--- a/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.mk
+++ b/toolkit/mozapps/installer/packager.mk
@@ -732,17 +732,7 @@ ifdef MOZ_SIGN_PREPARED_PACKAGE_CMD
 	$(MOZ_SIGN_PREPARED_PACKAGE_CMD) $(DEPTH)/installer-stage && true
 endif
 
-elfhack:
-ifdef USE_ELF_HACK
-	@echo ===
-	@echo === If you get failures below, please file a bug describing the error
-	@echo === and your environment \(compiler and linker versions\), and use
-	@echo === --disable-elf-hack until this is fixed.
-	@echo ===
-	cd $(DIST)/bin; find . -name "*$(DLL_SUFFIX)" | xargs ../../build/unix/elfhack/elfhack
-endif
-
-stage-package: $(MOZ_PKG_MANIFEST) $(MOZ_PKG_REMOVALS_GEN) elfhack
+stage-package: $(MOZ_PKG_MANIFEST) $(MOZ_PKG_REMOVALS_GEN)
 	@rm -rf $(DIST)/$(PKG_PATH)$(PKG_BASENAME).tar $(DIST)/$(PKG_PATH)$(PKG_BASENAME).dmg $@ $(EXCLUDE_LIST)
 ifndef MOZ_FAST_PACKAGE
 	@rm -rf $(DIST)/$(MOZ_PKG_DIR)
@@ -830,6 +820,15 @@ ifndef PKG_SKIP_STRIP
 				-exec $(STRIP) $(STRIP_FLAGS) {} >/dev/null 2>&1 \;
   endif
 endif # PKG_SKIP_STRIP
+ifdef USE_ELF_HACK
+	@echo ===
+	@echo === If you get failures below, please file a bug describing the error
+	@echo === and your environment \(compiler and linker versions\), and use
+	@echo === --disable-elf-hack until this is fixed.
+	@echo ===
+	cd $(DIST)/$(STAGEPATH)$(MOZ_PKG_DIR); find . -name "*$(DLL_SUFFIX)" | xargs ../../build/unix/elfhack/elfhack
+endif
+
 # We always sign nss because we don't do it from security/manager anymore
 	@$(SIGN_NSS)
 	@echo "Removing unpackaged files..."