diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 40ccec930..4fc1f2928 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -134,9 +134,10 @@ binary-dist:
 	./configure --host="$(host)" CPPFLAGS="`lib__readline -I` `lib__ncurses -I`" LDFLAGS="`lib__readline -l` `lib__ncurses -l`"
 #	make unix gfdoc jar
 	make gfdoc jar
-	make prefix=$(BIN_DIST_DIR)/$(prefix) install
+	$(INSTALL) ../bin/gf util/gfdoc jgf 
+        $(INSTALL) -m 0644 java/gf-java.jar
 	$(INSTALL) configure $(BIN_DIST_DIR)
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 config.mk.in config.mk jgf.in $(BIN_DIST_DIR)
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 config.mk.in jgf.in $(BIN_DIST_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 ../README ../LICENSE $(BIN_DIST_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 INSTALL.binary $(BIN_DIST_DIR)/INSTALL
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 Makefile.binary $(BIN_DIST_DIR)/Makefile
diff --git a/src/Makefile.binary b/src/Makefile.binary
index 32ce409b6..c8d666cff 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.binary
+++ b/src/Makefile.binary
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ GF_LIB_DIR=$(libdir)/GF-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)
 
 install: 
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(bindir)
-	$(INSTALL) ./$(bindir)/* $(bindir)
-# overwrite the old one with the newly configured one if there is one
-	[ -f jgf ] && $(INSTALL) jgf $(bindir) 
+	$(INSTALL) gf gfdoc jgf $(bindir)
 	$(INSTALL) -d $(GF_LIB_DIR)
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 ./$(GF_LIB_DIR)/* $(GF_LIB_DIR)
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 gf-java.jar $(GF_LIB_DIR)