diff --git a/staging/copy.sh b/staging/copy.sh
index 91ef7d238a6..9a317e8994c 100755
--- a/staging/copy.sh
+++ b/staging/copy.sh
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ find "${CLIENT_REPO_TEMP}" -type f -name "*.go" -print0 | xargs -0 gofmt -w
 
 echo "remove black listed files"
 find "${CLIENT_REPO_TEMP}" -type f \( \
-  -name "*BUILD" -o \
   -name "*.json" -not -name "Godeps.json" -o \
   -name "*.yaml" -o \
   -name "*.yml" -o \
@@ -217,7 +216,8 @@ if [ "${FAIL_ON_CHANGES}" = true ]; then
   echo "running FAIL_ON_CHANGES"
   # ignore base.go in diff
   cp "${CLIENT_REPO}/pkg/version/base.go" "${CLIENT_REPO_TEMP}/pkg/version/"
-  if diff -NauprB  -I '^\s*\"Comment\"' -I "GoVersion.*\|GodepVersion.*" "${CLIENT_REPO}" "${CLIENT_REPO_TEMP}"; then
+  # TODO(mikedanese): figure out what to do with BUILD files here
+  if diff -NauprB -x '*BUILD' -I '^\s*\"Comment\"' -I "GoVersion.*\|GodepVersion.*" "${CLIENT_REPO}" "${CLIENT_REPO_TEMP}"; then
     echo "${CLIENT_REPO} up to date."
     exit 0
   else