diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index a56c17748..265e6c1e8 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,25 @@
 
 		<delete file="./seeddms-${version}.tar.gz" failonerror="false" />
 		<tar destfile="./seeddms-${version}.tar.gz" prefix="seeddms-${version}" compression="gzip">
-			<fileset refid="distfiles" />
+			<!-- fileset refid="distfiles" / -->
+			<fileset dir=".">
+				<include name="languages/**" />
+				<include name="op/**" />
+				<include name="out/**" />
+				<include name="inc/**" />
+				<include name="controllers/**" />
+				<include name="styles/**" />
+				<include name="views/bootstrap*/**" />
+				<include name="utils/**" />
+				<include name="doc/**" />
+				<include name="webdav/**" />
+				<include name="install/**" />
+				<include name="restapi/**" />
+				<include name="www/index.php" />
+				<include name="CHANGELOG" />
+				<include name="www/.htaccess" />
+				<include name="LICENSE" />
+			</fileset>
 		</tar>
 	</target>
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f416533b9..79e8718d0 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
         "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "3.87.2",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "9.5.9",
         "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "3.6.0",
-        "phpstan/phpstan": "^2.1"
+        "phpstan/phpstan": "^2.1",
+        "pear/archive_tar": "*"
     },
     "repositories": [
         {