diff --git a/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs/default.nix
index a91058af8908..5d1289edc333 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/networking/ipfs/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ buildGoModule rec {
   # tarball contains multiple files/directories
   postUnpack = ''
     mkdir ipfs-src
-    mv * ipfs-src || true
+    shopt -s extglob
+    mv !(ipfs-src) ipfs-src || true
     cd ipfs-src
   '';