diff --git a/make-release.sh b/make-release.sh
index b5692d49..f144ca47 100755
--- a/make-release.sh
+++ b/make-release.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 
 VER=`cat VERSION`
 mkdir -p /tmp/makeself-$VER release
-cp -pPR makeself* test README.md COPYING VERSION .gitmodules /tmp/makeself-$VER/
+cp -pPR makeself* README.md COPYING VERSION /tmp/makeself-$VER/
 ./makeself.sh --notemp /tmp/makeself-$VER release/makeself-$VER.run "Makeself v$VER" echo "Makeself has extracted itself"