diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
index 31c9b7e..d68add9 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/archiver.bbclass
@@ -267,6 +267,14 @@
         create_tarball(d, srcdir, 'configured', ar_outdir)
 }
 
+def exclude_useless_paths(tarinfo):
+    if tarinfo.isdir():
+        if tarinfo.name.endswith('/temp') or tarinfo.name.endswith('/patches') or tarinfo.name.endswith('/.pc'):
+            return None
+        elif tarinfo.name == 'temp' or tarinfo.name == 'patches' or tarinfo.name == '.pc':
+            return None
+    return tarinfo
+
 def create_tarball(d, srcdir, suffix, ar_outdir):
     """
     create the tarball from srcdir
@@ -291,7 +299,7 @@
 
     bb.note('Creating %s' % tarname)
     tar = tarfile.open(tarname, 'w:gz')
-    tar.add(srcdir, arcname=os.path.basename(srcdir))
+    tar.add(srcdir, arcname=os.path.basename(srcdir), filter=exclude_useless_paths)
     tar.close()
 
 # creating .diff.gz between source.orig and source