diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8773d27fb8..f2ad87e60c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ test-coverage-html/
 screenshots
 .DS_Store
 
-payload
\ No newline at end of file
+elasticpress.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/build-zip.sh b/bin/build-zip.sh
index 1fe5aefd81..fe30ddb247 100755
--- a/bin/build-zip.sh
+++ b/bin/build-zip.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 npm ci
 npm run build
 
-rm -r ./payload
+rm ./elasticpress.zip
 
-TMP_DIR="./payload/elasticpress"
-mkdir -p $TMP_DIR
-rsync -rc --exclude-from=".distignore" --exclude="payload" . "$TMP_DIR/" && cd $TMP_DIR/.. && zip -r "./elasticpress.zip" .
+git archive --output=elasticpress.zip HEAD
+zip -ur elasticpress.zip dist