diff --git a/config b/config
index d2c1942..d41850e 100644
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -23,10 +23,12 @@ LOCK_TIMEOUT=300
 STAGING="$HOME/staging"
 TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
 ARCHES=(x86_64)
+# prescriptive
 DBEXT=".db.tar.gz"
 FILESEXT=".files.tar.gz"
-PKGEXT=".pkg.tar.?z"
 SRCEXT=".src.tar.gz"
+# descriptive
+PKGEXT_glob=".pkg.tar.?z"
 
 # Allowed licenses: get sourceballs only for licenses in this array
 ALLOWED_LICENSES=('GPL' 'GPL1' 'GPL2' 'GPL3' 'LGPL' 'LGPL1' 'LGPL2' 'LGPL2.1' 'LGPL3')
diff --git a/cron-jobs/ftpdir-cleanup b/cron-jobs/ftpdir-cleanup
index 2f3d5aa..4dc02a0 100755
--- a/cron-jobs/ftpdir-cleanup
+++ b/cron-jobs/ftpdir-cleanup
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ for repo in ${PKGREPOS[@]}; do
 			continue
 		fi
 		# get a list of actual available package files
-		find "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${arch}" -xtype f -name "*${PKGEXT}" -printf '%f\n' | sort > "${WORKDIR}/repo-${repo}-${arch}"
+		find "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${arch}" -xtype f -name "*${PKGEXT_glob}" -printf '%f\n' | sort > "${WORKDIR}/repo-${repo}-${arch}"
 		# get a list of package files defined in the repo db
 		bsdtar -xOf "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${arch}/${repo}${DBEXT}" | awk '/^%FILENAME%/{getline;print}' | sort > "${WORKDIR}/db-${repo}-${arch}"
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ for repo in ${PKGREPOS[@]}; do
 done
 
 # get a list of all available packages in the pacakge pool
-find "$FTP_BASE/${PKGPOOL}" -name "*${PKGEXT}" -printf '%f\n' | sort > "${WORKDIR}/pool"
+find "$FTP_BASE/${PKGPOOL}" -name "*${PKGEXT_glob}" -printf '%f\n' | sort > "${WORKDIR}/pool"
 # create a list of packages in our db
 find "${WORKDIR}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name 'db-*' -exec cat {} \; | sort -u > "${WORKDIR}/db"
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ if [ ${#old_pkgs[@]} -ge 1 ]; then
 	done
 fi
 
-old_pkgs=($(find ${CLEANUP_DESTDIR} -type f -name "*${PKGEXT}" -mtime +${CLEANUP_KEEP} -printf '%f\n'))
+old_pkgs=($(find ${CLEANUP_DESTDIR} -type f -name "*${PKGEXT_glob}" -mtime +${CLEANUP_KEEP} -printf '%f\n'))
 if [ ${#old_pkgs[@]} -ge 1 ]; then
 	msg "Removing old packages from the cleanup directory..."
 	for old_pkg in ${old_pkgs[@]}; do
diff --git a/db-functions b/db-functions
index 93a5af3..6f2d131 100644
--- a/db-functions
+++ b/db-functions
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ check_pkgrepos() {
 	local pkgver="$(getpkgver ${pkgfile})" || return 1
 	local pkgarch="$(getpkgarch ${pkgfile})" || return 1
 
-	[ -f "${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgarch}"${PKGEXT} ] && return 1
-	[ -f "${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgarch}"${PKGEXT}.sig ] && return 1
+	[ -f "${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgarch}"${PKGEXT_glob} ] && return 1
+	[ -f "${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgarch}"${PKGEXT_glob}.sig ] && return 1
 	[[ -f ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile##*/} ]] && return 1
 	[[ -f ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile##*/}.sig ]] && return 1
 
diff --git a/db-move b/db-move
index 37a9884..e3bc16e 100755
--- a/db-move
+++ b/db-move
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ for pkgbase in ${args[@]:2}; do
 
 			for pkgname in ${pkgnames[@]}; do
 				for tarch in ${tarches[@]}; do
-					getpkgfile "${ftppath_from}/${tarch}/"${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgarch}${PKGEXT} >/dev/null
+					getpkgfile "${ftppath_from}/${tarch}/"${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgarch}${PKGEXT_glob} >/dev/null
 				done
 			done
 			continue 2
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ for pkgbase in ${args[@]:2}; do
 
 			for pkgname in ${pkgnames[@]}; do
 				for tarch in ${tarches[@]}; do
-					pkgpath=$(getpkgfile "${ftppath_from}/${tarch}/"${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgarch}${PKGEXT})
+					pkgpath=$(getpkgfile "${ftppath_from}/${tarch}/"${pkgname}-${pkgver}-${pkgarch}${PKGEXT_glob})
 					pkgfile="${pkgpath##*/}"
 
 					ln -s "../../../${PKGPOOL}/${pkgfile}" ${ftppath_to}/${tarch}/
diff --git a/db-update b/db-update
index 45755a4..4afeb6e 100755
--- a/db-update
+++ b/db-update
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if (( $# >= 1 )); then
 fi
 
 # Find repos with packages to release
-if ! staging_repos=($(find  "${STAGING}" -mindepth 1 -type f -name "*${PKGEXT}" -printf '%h\n' | sort -u)); then
+if ! staging_repos=($(find  "${STAGING}" -mindepth 1 -type f -name "*${PKGEXT_glob}" -printf '%h\n' | sort -u)); then
 	die "Could not read %s" "$STAGING"
 fi
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ for repo in ${repos[@]}; do
 	if ! check_repo_permission "${repo}"; then
 		die "You don't have permission to update packages in %s" "$repo"
 	fi
-	pkgs=($(getpkgfiles "${STAGING}/${repo}/"*${PKGEXT}))
+	pkgs=($(getpkgfiles "${STAGING}/${repo}/"*${PKGEXT_glob}))
 	if (( $? == 0 )); then
 		for pkg in ${pkgs[@]}; do
 			if [[ -h ${pkg} ]]; then
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ done
 
 for repo in ${repos[@]}; do
 	msg "Updating [%s]..." "$repo"
-	any_pkgs=($(getpkgfiles "${STAGING}/${repo}/"*-any${PKGEXT} 2>/dev/null))
+	any_pkgs=($(getpkgfiles "${STAGING}/${repo}/"*-any${PKGEXT_glob} 2>/dev/null))
 	for pkgarch in ${ARCHES[@]}; do
 		add_pkgs=()
-		arch_pkgs=($(getpkgfiles "${STAGING}/${repo}/"*-${pkgarch}${PKGEXT} 2>/dev/null))
+		arch_pkgs=($(getpkgfiles "${STAGING}/${repo}/"*-${pkgarch}${PKGEXT_glob} 2>/dev/null))
 		for pkg in ${arch_pkgs[@]} ${any_pkgs[@]}; do
 			pkgfile="${pkg##*/}"
 			msg2 "${pkgfile} (${pkgarch})"
diff --git a/test/cases/db-repo-add.bats b/test/cases/db-repo-add.bats
index 9fde381..ace7452 100644
--- a/test/cases/db-repo-add.bats
+++ b/test/cases/db-repo-add.bats
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ __movePackageToRepo() {
 	fi
 
 	# FIXME: pkgbase might not be part of the package filename
-	mv -v "${STAGING}"/${repo}/${pkgbase}-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT}{,.sig} "${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/"
+	mv -v "${STAGING}"/${repo}/${pkgbase}-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT_glob}{,.sig} "${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/"
 	for tarch in ${tarches[@]}; do
-		ln -sv ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgbase}-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT} "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${tarch}/"
-		ln -sv ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgbase}-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT}.sig "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${tarch}/"
+		ln -sv ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgbase}-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT_glob} "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${tarch}/"
+		ln -sv ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgbase}-*-*-${arch}${PKGEXT_glob}.sig "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${tarch}/"
 	done
 }
 
diff --git a/test/cases/db-update.bats b/test/cases/db-update.bats
index 1da7eef..bc0a7b2 100644
--- a/test/cases/db-update.bats
+++ b/test/cases/db-update.bats
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ load ../lib/common
 @test "add invalid signed package fails" {
 	local p
 	releasePackage extra 'pkg-any-a'
-	for p in "${STAGING}"/extra/*${PKGEXT}; do
+	for p in "${STAGING}"/extra/*${PKGEXT_glob}; do
 		unxz $p
 		xz -0 ${p%%.xz}
 	done
diff --git a/test/cases/ftpdir-cleanup.bats b/test/cases/ftpdir-cleanup.bats
index 6280ce0..7dfad4a 100644
--- a/test/cases/ftpdir-cleanup.bats
+++ b/test/cases/ftpdir-cleanup.bats
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ __checkRepoRemovedPackage() {
 	local pkgname
 
 	for pkgname in $(__getPackageNamesFromPackageBase ${pkgbase}); do
-		[[ ! -f ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgname}-*${PKGEXT} ]]
-		[[ ! -f ${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${pkgname}-*${PKGEXT} ]]
+		[[ ! -f ${FTP_BASE}/${PKGPOOL}/${pkgname}-*${PKGEXT_glob} ]]
+		[[ ! -f ${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${pkgname}-*${PKGEXT_glob} ]]
 	done
 }
 
diff --git a/test/lib/common.bash b/test/lib/common.bash
index 540e403..abc88bd 100644
--- a/test/lib/common.bash
+++ b/test/lib/common.bash
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ __buildPackage() {
 	local pkgarches
 	local tarch
 	local pkgnames
+	PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.xz'
 
 	if [[ -n ${BUILDDIR} ]]; then
 		cache=${BUILDDIR}/$(__getCheckSum PKGBUILD)
 		if [[ -d ${cache} ]]; then
-			cp -Lv ${cache}/*${PKGEXT}{,.sig} ${pkgdest}
+			cp -Lv ${cache}/*${PKGEXT_glob}{,.sig} ${pkgdest}
 			return 0
 		else
 			mkdir -p ${cache}
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ checkPackageDB() {
 	local repoarches
 	local pkgfile
 	local pkgname
+	local PKGEXT='.pkg.tar.xz'
 
 	# FIXME: We guess the location of the PKGBUILD used for this repo
 	# We cannot read from trunk as __updatePKGBUILD() might have bumped the version
@@ -215,7 +217,7 @@ checkPackageDB() {
 
 				for db in ${DBEXT} ${FILESEXT}; do
 					[ -r "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${repo}${db%.tar.*}" ]
-					bsdtar -xf "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${repo}${db%.tar.*}" -O | grep -q "${pkgfile%${PKGEXT}}"
+					bsdtar -xf "${FTP_BASE}/${repo}/os/${repoarch}/${repo}${db%.tar.*}" -O | grep -q "${pkgfile%${PKGEXT_glob}}"
 				done
 			done
 		done