diff --git a/bin/cdist-deploy-to b/bin/cdist-deploy-to
index 97538d1f..50bb48b8 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-deploy-to
+++ b/bin/cdist-deploy-to
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ __cdist_target_host="$1"
 # See cdist-stages(7)
 #
 
-# Transfer core helpers plus cdist-config
-cdist-dir push "$__cdist_target_host" "${__cdist_helper_dir}" "${__cdist_remote_helper_dir}"
-scp "$(which cdist-config)" \
-   "${__cdist_remote_user}@${__cdist_target_host}:${__cdist_remote_helper_dir}"
+# Transfer cdist "binaries"
+cdist-bin-transfer "$__cdist_target_host" "${__cdist_remote_bin_dir}"
 
 # Execute explorer
 cdist-explorer-run-init       "$__cdist_target_host" "$__cdist_out_explorer_dir"
diff --git a/bin/cdist-explorer-run b/bin/cdist-explorer-run
index e558015e..fde3512c 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-explorer-run
+++ b/bin/cdist-explorer-run
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 
 
 . cdist-config
-if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then
-   __cdist_usage "<target host> <remote srcdir> <remote dstdir> [explorer args]"
+if [ $# -lt 4 ]; then
+   __cdist_usage "<target host> <remote work dir> <remote src dir> <remote dst dir> [explorer args]"
 fi
 set -ue
 
diff --git a/bin/cdist-remote-explorer-run b/bin/cdist-remote-explorer-run
index a04b0057..5dbea39c 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-remote-explorer-run
+++ b/bin/cdist-remote-explorer-run
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 # along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 #
+# This binary is executed on the remote side to execute explorers
+#
 
 . cdist-config
 if [ $# -lt 3 ]; then