diff --git a/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/installCDE.src b/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/installCDE.src
index 01de97169..e6d2d00d9 100755
--- a/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/installCDE.src
+++ b/cde/admin/IntegTools/dbTools/installCDE.src
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ XCOMM ##########################################################################
 #define HASH #
 #define STAR *
 
+HASH ksh bug: . and .. are not excluded if FIGNORE is set
+unset FIGNORE
+
 LOGFILE="installCDE.$$.log"
 
 REVISION="$(echo "$Revision: /main/20 $" | awk '{print $2}')"