diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7c32da138..e3b529a15 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ linux (4.19.12-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * linux-image-*-unsigned: Remove Provides field (Closes: #916927)
   * [ia64,m68k] libbpf: Don't build on architectures without performance events
   * [riscv64] tools/include/.../bitsperlong.h: Add support for riscv
+  * [powerpc,powerpcspe,ppc64] linux-config: Eliminate config.*_bootwrapper.gz
+    files
 
  -- Uwe Kleine-König <ukleinek@debian.org>  Sun, 23 Dec 2018 17:28:52 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules.real b/debian/rules.real
index 2d6c88c95..ce909d7e0 100644
--- a/debian/rules.real
+++ b/debian/rules.real
@@ -479,12 +479,12 @@ ifneq ($(filter powerpc powerpcspe ppc64,$(ARCH)),)
 # the executables it calls.  Kbuild will always build these executable
 # as native code, which is wrong for a cross-built package.  Install
 # symlinks to the versions in the linux-bootwrapper package instead.
-	rm -rf '$(DIR)_bootwrapper'
+	rm -rf '$(BUILD_DIR)/bootwrapper_$(ARCH)_$(FEATURESET)_$(FLAVOUR)'
 	+$(MAKE_CLEAN) -C '$(DIR)' bootwrapper_install \
 		WRAPPER_OBJDIR='$(CURDIR)/$(DT_INSTALL_DIR)' \
 		WRAPPER_DTSDIR='$(CURDIR)/$(DT_INSTALL_DIR)/dts' \
-		WRAPPER_BINDIR='$(CURDIR)/$(DIR)_bootwrapper'
-	for prog in '$(DIR)_bootwrapper'/*; do \
+		WRAPPER_BINDIR='$(CURDIR)/$(BUILD_DIR)/bootwrapper_$(ARCH)_$(FEATURESET)_$(FLAVOUR)'
+	for prog in '$(BUILD_DIR)/bootwrapper_$(ARCH)_$(FEATURESET)_$(FLAVOUR)'/*; do \
 		prog="$$(basename $$prog)"; \
 		ln -s ../linux-bootwrapper-$(ABINAME)/$$prog \
 			'$(DT_INSTALL_DIR)'/$$prog; \