diff --git a/resources/scripts/build/release/src b/resources/scripts/build/release/src
index 4cb14983..072c8fef 100755
--- a/resources/scripts/build/release/src
+++ b/resources/scripts/build/release/src
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ done
     ./build clean all
 
     rm -Rf coreboot/coreboot/
-    rm -Rf .git* */.git* coreboot/*/.git* coreboot/*/3rdparty/*/.git*
+    rm -Rf .git .gitignore */.git* coreboot/*/.git* coreboot/*/3rdparty/*/.git*
     rm -Rf coreboot/*/util/nvidia/cbootimage/.git*
     rm -Rf u-boot/u-boot/ u-boot/*/.git*
 )