diff --git a/pkg/constants/constants.go b/pkg/constants/constants.go
index 5755e5eed..1c036b53a 100644
--- a/pkg/constants/constants.go
+++ b/pkg/constants/constants.go
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ const (
 	//KanikoDir is the path to the Kaniko directory
 	KanikoDir = "/kaniko"
 
-	// KanikoExecutor is the path to the kaniko executor
-	KanikoExecutor = "/kaniko/executor"
-	// KanikoCerts is the path to the kaniko certs
-	KanikoCerts = "/kaniko/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
-
 	WhitelistPath = "/proc/self/mountinfo"
 
 	Author = "kaniko"
@@ -52,3 +47,6 @@ const (
 	// NoBaseImage is the scratch image
 	NoBaseImage = "scratch"
 )
+
+// KanikoBuildFiles is the list of files required to build kaniko
+var KanikoBuildFiles = []string{"/kaniko/executor", "/kaniko/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"}
diff --git a/pkg/util/fs_util.go b/pkg/util/fs_util.go
index 4d4cfffbb..3c25a1878 100644
--- a/pkg/util/fs_util.go
+++ b/pkg/util/fs_util.go
@@ -57,8 +57,10 @@ func ExtractFileSystemFromImage(img string) error {
 
 // PathInWhitelist returns true if the path is whitelisted
 func PathInWhitelist(path, directory string) bool {
-	if path == constants.KanikoExecutor || path == constants.KanikoCerts {
-		return false
+	for _, c := range constants.KanikoBuildFiles {
+		if path == c {
+			return false
+		}
 	}
 	for _, d := range whitelist {
 		dirPath := filepath.Join(directory, d)