Dump temacs in an empty environment to prevent -dev paths from ending up in the dumped image. diff -ru -x '*~' emacs-25.3/src/Makefile.in emacs-25.3-new/src/Makefile.in --- emacs-25.3/src/Makefile.in 2017-04-14 17:02:47.000000000 +0200 +++ emacs-25.3-new/src/Makefile.in 2017-09-25 19:03:02.173861038 +0200 @@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ ifeq ($(CANNOT_DUMP),yes) ln -f temacs$(EXEEXT) $@ else - LC_ALL=C $(RUN_TEMACS) -batch $(BUILD_DETAILS) -l loadup dump + env -i LC_ALL=C $(RUN_TEMACS) -batch $(BUILD_DETAILS) -l loadup dump ifneq ($(PAXCTL_dumped),) $(PAXCTL_dumped) $@ endif