diff --git a/scripts/oe-go-mod-autogen.py b/scripts/oe-go-mod-autogen.py
index 40c964da..7cb101d0 100755
--- a/scripts/oe-go-mod-autogen.py
+++ b/scripts/oe-go-mod-autogen.py
@@ -569,8 +569,7 @@ class GoModTool(object):
         srcrev_name_recorded = []
         # pre styhead releases
         # SRC_URI += "git://%s;name=%s;protocol=https;nobranch=1;destsuffix=${WORKDIR}/${BP}/src/import/vendor.fetch/%s"
-        template = """#       %s %s
-# [1] git ls-remote %s %s
+        template = """# [%s %s] git ls-remote %s %s
 SRCREV_%s = "%s"
 SRC_URI += "git://%s;name=%s;protocol=https;nobranch=1;destsuffix=${GO_SRCURI_DESTSUFFIX}/vendor.fetch/%s"
 
@@ -622,14 +621,40 @@ do_compile:prepend() {
         site_dest=$(echo $s | cut -d: -f1)
         site_source=$(echo $s | cut -d: -f2)
         force_flag=$(echo $s | cut -d: -f3)
+
         mkdir -p vendor.copy/$site_dest
+
+        # create a temporary exclude file
+        exclude_file=$(mktemp)
+
+        find vendor.fetch/$site_source -type d -print0 | \
+        xargs -0 du -sBM 2>/dev/null | \
+        awk '{if ($1+0 > 500) print substr($0, index($0,$2))}' | \
+        sed 's|^vendor.fetch/||' > "$exclude_file"
+
         if [ -n "$force_flag" ]; then
             echo "[INFO] $site_dest: force copying .go files"
             rm -rf vendor.copy/$site_dest
-            rsync -a --exclude='vendor/' --exclude='.git/' vendor.fetch/$site_source/ vendor.copy/$site_dest
+            rsync -a \
+                --exclude='vendor/' \
+                --exclude='.git/' \
+                --exclude-from="$exclude_file" \
+                vendor.fetch/$site_source/ vendor.copy/$site_dest
         else
-            [ -n "$(ls -A vendor.copy/$site_dest/*.go 2> /dev/null)" ] && { echo "[INFO] vendor.fetch/$site_source -> $site_dest: go copy skipped (files present)" ; true ; } || { echo "[INFO] $site_dest: copying .go files" ; rsync -a --exclude='vendor/' --exclude='.git/' vendor.fetch/$site_source/ vendor.copy/$site_dest ; }
+            if [ -n "$(ls -A vendor.copy/$site_dest/*.go 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
+                echo "[INFO] vendor.fetch/$site_source -> $site_dest: go copy skipped (files present)"
+                true
+            else
+                echo "[INFO] $site_dest: copying .go files"
+                rsync -a \
+                    --exclude='vendor/' \
+                    --exclude='.git/' \
+                    --exclude-from="$exclude_file" \
+                    vendor.fetch/$site_source/ vendor.copy/$site_dest
+            fi
         fi
+
+        rm -f "$exclude_file"
     done
 }
 """