diff --git a/debian/postinst-monoaot b/debian/postinst-monoaot
index ae6eeab936..451a4e34b4 100644
--- a/debian/postinst-monoaot
+++ b/debian/postinst-monoaot
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 if [ "$1" = "configure" ]
 then
-	MONOARCH=`mono --version | grep Architecture | sed 's/.*:  //'`
+	MONOARCH=`mono --version | grep Architecture | sed 's/.*:  //' | sed 's/el,.*//'`
 	mkdir -p /usr/lib/mono/aot-cache/${MONOARCH}/
 	/usr/bin/mono --aot=outfile=/usr/lib/mono/aot-cache/${MONOARCH}/`basename #FILE#.so` -O=all,shared #FILE# > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 fi
diff --git a/debian/prerm-monoaot b/debian/prerm-monoaot
index aff8cb2a50..21fedda645 100644
--- a/debian/prerm-monoaot
+++ b/debian/prerm-monoaot
@@ -1 +1 @@
-rm -f /usr/lib/mono/aot-cache/`mono --version | grep Architecture | sed 's/.*:  //'`/`basename #FILE#`
+rm -f /usr/lib/mono/aot-cache/`mono --version | grep Architecture | sed 's/.*:  //' | sed 's/el,.*//'`/`basename #FILE#`