diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cedd2c432..eebaf83c8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-10-17  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
+
+	* util/grub-mkstandalone.in: Remove needless copying since we already
+	pass the files to tar.
+
 2013-10-17  Vladimir Serbinenko  <phcoder@gmail.com>
 
 	* autogen.sh: Don't set LC_CTYPE as it doesn't create problem for
diff --git a/util/grub-mkstandalone.in b/util/grub-mkstandalone.in
index b692c481c..0abc15ec3 100644
--- a/util/grub-mkstandalone.in
+++ b/util/grub-mkstandalone.in
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@ fi
 
 memdisk_dir="`mktemp -d "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/tmp.XXXXXXXXXX"`" || exit 1
 grub_install_files "${source_directory}" "${memdisk_dir}"/boot/grub "${grub_modinfo_target_cpu}-${grub_modinfo_platform}"
-for file in $source; do
-    cp -f "$file" "${memdisk_dir}"/"$file";
-done
 
 memdisk_img=`mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/tmp.XXXXXXXXXX"` || exit 1