diff --git a/tools/install/create_lazarus_export_tgz.sh b/tools/install/create_lazarus_export_tgz.sh
index cdfe4c3ae9..d870e6ba84 100755
--- a/tools/install/create_lazarus_export_tgz.sh
+++ b/tools/install/create_lazarus_export_tgz.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if [ "x$Download" = "xyes" ]; then
   cd -
 else
   echo "extracting lazarus from local svn ..."
-  SourceDir=$(pwd | sed -e 's#lazarus[_0-9]*/tools.*$#lazarus#')
+  SourceDir=$(pwd | sed -e 's#/tools/install.*$##')
   Revision=$(svnversion $SourceDir)
   cd $TmpDir
   svn export $SourceDir $TmpLazDir