diff -r 464128a8fc3f -r 42590ff8521c scripts/build/binutils/binutils.sh
--- a/scripts/build/binutils/binutils.sh	Sun May 11 15:43:28 2014 +0200
+++ b/scripts/build/binutils/binutils.sh	Sun May 11 18:42:30 2014 +0200
@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@
 # Extract binutils
 do_binutils_extract() {
     # If using custom directory location, nothing to do
-    if [ "${CT_BINUTILS_CUSTOM}" = "y" \
+    if ! [ "${CT_BINUTILS_CUSTOM}" = "y" \
          -a -d "${CT_SRC_DIR}/binutils-${CT_BINUTILS_VERSION}" ]; then
-        return 0
+        CT_Extract "binutils-${CT_BINUTILS_VERSION}"
+        CT_Patch "binutils" "${CT_BINUTILS_VERSION}"
     fi
 
-    CT_Extract "binutils-${CT_BINUTILS_VERSION}"
-    CT_Patch "binutils" "${CT_BINUTILS_VERSION}"
-
     if [ -n "${CT_ARCH_BINFMT_FLAT}" ]; then
         CT_Extract "elf2flt-${CT_ELF2FLT_GIT_CSET}"
         CT_Patch "elf2flt" "${CT_ELF2FLT_GIT_CSET}"