diff --git a/scripts/build/prepare_signing_key.sh b/scripts/build/prepare_signing_key.sh
index 5b16620f753..a98cc7f1d33 100755
--- a/scripts/build/prepare_signing_key.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/prepare_signing_key.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@
 set -e
 
 git clone git@github.com:torkelo/private.git ~/private-repo
-cp ~/private-repo/signing/private.key /private.key
diff --git a/scripts/build/sign_packages.sh b/scripts/build/sign_packages.sh
index 86eca561092..a3272e197f6 100755
--- a/scripts/build/sign_packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/sign_packages.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if [ -z "$GPG_KEY_PASSWORD" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import /private.key
+gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import ~/private-repo/signing/private.key
 
 cp ./scripts/build/rpmmacros ~/.rpmmacros
 
diff --git a/scripts/build/update_repo/load-signing-key.sh b/scripts/build/update_repo/load-signing-key.sh
index 2ac456429da..a925354804a 100755
--- a/scripts/build/update_repo/load-signing-key.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/update_repo/load-signing-key.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 set -e
 
-gpg --batch --allow-secret-key-import --import /private.key
-pkill gpg-agent
\ No newline at end of file
+gpg --batch --allow-secret-key-import --import ~/private-repo/signing/private.key
+pkill gpg-agent