Index: quilt/Makefile.in
===================================================================
--- quilt.orig/Makefile.in
+++ quilt/Makefile.in
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ $(foreach symlink, $(COMPAT_SYMLINKS), $
 
 install-compat-symlinks: $(COMPAT_SYMLINKS:%=install-compat-symlink-%)
 
-define COMPAT_SYMLINK_redefine
-$(shell echo $(1) | $(AWK) '{print toupper($$0)}') := $(1)
-endef
-
-$(foreach symlink, $(COMPAT_SYMLINKS), $(eval $(call COMPAT_SYMLINK_redefine, $(symlink))))
-
 ifeq "$(MSGFMT)" ""
 MAKE_NLS :=	@true
 else
@@ -299,9 +293,9 @@ install-main: scripts
 	@INSTALL@ -m 644 quilt.quiltrc $(BUILD_ROOT)$(etcdir)/
 
 install-compat:
+	@rm -rf $(BUILD_ROOT)$(COMPAT_DIR)
 ifneq ($(COMPAT_PROGRAMS)$(COMPAT_FUNCTIONS)$(COMPAT_SYMLINKS),)
 	@INSTALL@ -d $(BUILD_ROOT)$(COMPAT_DIR)
-	@rm -f $(BUILD_ROOT)$(COMPAT_DIR)/*
 ifneq ($(COMPAT_PROGRAMS),)
 	@INSTALL@ -m 755 $(COMPAT_PROGRAMS:%=compat/%) $(BUILD_ROOT)$(COMPAT_DIR)
 endif
Index: quilt/scripts/patchfns.in
===================================================================
--- quilt.orig/scripts/patchfns.in
+++ quilt/scripts/patchfns.in
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ DB_VERSION=2
 : ${QUILT_PC:=.pc}
 
 # Support compatibility layer
-if [ -r @QUILT@/compat/compatfns ]
+if [ -d @QUILT@/compat ]
 then
-	source @QUILT@/compat/compatfns
+	export PATH="@QUILT@/compat:$PATH"
+	if [ -r @QUILT@/compat/compatfns ]
+	then
+		source @QUILT@/compat/compatfns
+	fi
 fi
 
-export PATH="@QUILT@/compat:$PATH"
 unset CDPATH
 shopt -s dotglob