diff --git a/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk b/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk
index f23da171c6..9bc59435ef 100644
--- a/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk
+++ b/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk
@@ -638,22 +638,10 @@ LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES += ti_3410.fw ti_5052.fw \
 LINUX_FIRMWARE_ALL_LICENSE_FILES += LICENCE.moxa
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES),)
-define LINUX_FIRMWARE_INSTALL_FILES
+ifneq ($(LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES)$(LINUX_FIRMWARE_DIRS),)
+define LINUX_FIRMWARE_BUILD_CMDS
 	cd $(@D) && \
-		$(TAR) cf install.tar $(sort $(LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES)) && \
-		$(TAR) xf install.tar -C $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/firmware
-endef
-endif
-
-ifneq ($(LINUX_FIRMWARE_DIRS),)
-# We need to rm-rf the destination directory to avoid copying
-# into it in itself, should we re-install the package.
-define LINUX_FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIRS
-	$(foreach d,$(LINUX_FIRMWARE_DIRS), \
-		rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/firmware/$(d); \
-		mkdir -p $(dir $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/firmware/$(d)); \
-		cp -a $(@D)/$(d) $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/firmware/$(d)$(sep))
+	$(TAR) cf br-firmware.tar $(sort $(LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES) $(LINUX_FIRMWARE_DIRS))
 endef
 endif
 
@@ -686,7 +674,9 @@ endif
 # sure we canonicalize the pointed-to file, to cover the symlinks of the form
 # a/foo -> ../b/foo  where a/ (the directory where to put the symlink) does
 # not yet exist.
-define LINUX_FIRMWARE_CREATE_SYMLINKS
+define LINUX_FIRMWARE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/firmware
+	$(TAR) xf $(@D)/br-firmware.tar -C $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/firmware/
 	cd $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/firmware/ ; \
 	sed -r -e '/^Link: (.+) -> (.+)$$/!d; s//\1 \2/' $(@D)/WHENCE | \
 	while read f d; do \
@@ -697,11 +687,4 @@ define LINUX_FIRMWARE_CREATE_SYMLINKS
 	done
 endef
 
-define LINUX_FIRMWARE_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	mkdir -p $(TARGET_DIR)/lib/firmware
-	$(LINUX_FIRMWARE_INSTALL_FILES)
-	$(LINUX_FIRMWARE_INSTALL_DIRS)
-	$(LINUX_FIRMWARE_CREATE_SYMLINKS)
-endef
-
 $(eval $(generic-package))