diff --git a/package/busybox/busybox.mk b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
index 2a8e616461..793ffb97aa 100644
--- a/package/busybox/busybox.mk
+++ b/package/busybox/busybox.mk
@@ -180,10 +180,8 @@ define BUSYBOX_INSTALL_WATCHDOG_SCRIPT
 endef
 endif
 
-# We do this here to avoid busting a modified .config in configure
-BUSYBOX_POST_EXTRACT_HOOKS += BUSYBOX_COPY_CONFIG
-
 define BUSYBOX_CONFIGURE_CMDS
+	$(BUSYBOX_COPY_CONFIG)
 	$(BUSYBOX_SET_MMU)
 	$(BUSYBOX_SET_LARGEFILE)
 	$(BUSYBOX_SET_IPV6)