diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ebe546d80..7368a09e1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ add_subdirectory( ifs_samples ) # must come after samples
 # ecbuild_dont_pack( DIRS samples DONT_PACK_REGEX "*.grib" )
 ecbuild_dont_pack( DIRS
      experimental doxygen confluence tests/tests.ecmwf
-     config m4 rpms examples/F77
+     config m4 examples/F77
      examples/examples.dev examples/extra examples/deprecated bamboo
      fortran/fortranCtypes tigge/tools share/eccodes  .settings )
 #ecbuild_dont_pack( DIRS data/bufr  DONT_PACK_REGEX "*.bufr" )
diff --git a/rpms/CMakeLists.txt b/experimental/rpms/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from rpms/CMakeLists.txt
rename to experimental/rpms/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/rpms/eccodes.pc.in b/experimental/rpms/eccodes.pc.in
similarity index 100%
rename from rpms/eccodes.pc.in
rename to experimental/rpms/eccodes.pc.in
diff --git a/rpms/eccodes.spec.in b/experimental/rpms/eccodes.spec.in
similarity index 100%
rename from rpms/eccodes.spec.in
rename to experimental/rpms/eccodes.spec.in
diff --git a/rpms/eccodes_f90.pc.in b/experimental/rpms/eccodes_f90.pc.in
similarity index 100%
rename from rpms/eccodes_f90.pc.in
rename to experimental/rpms/eccodes_f90.pc.in