diff --git a/dev/create-release/create-release.sh b/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
index ad38c8d53eb2d..f1aa0f8f99e13 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
+++ b/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ make_binary_release() {
   cp spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin-$NAME/spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz .
   rm -rf spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin-$NAME
 
-  tar cvzf spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin-$NAME
   echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --armour \
     --output spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz.asc \
     --detach-sig spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ make_binary_release() {
   echo $GPG_PASSPHRASE | gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --print-md \
     SHA512 spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz > \
     spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin-$NAME.tgz.sha
-  rm -rf spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-bin-$NAME
 }
 
 make_binary_release "hadoop1" "--hadoop 1.0.4"
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@ echo "Copying release tarballs"
 ssh $USER_NAME@people.apache.org \
   mkdir /home/$USER_NAME/public_html/spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-$RC_NAME
 rc_folder=spark-$RELEASE_VERSION-$RC_NAME
-scp spark* \
+scp spark-* \
   $USER_NAME@people.apache.org:/home/$USER_NAME/public_html/$rc_folder/
 
 # Docs
diff --git a/make-distribution.sh b/make-distribution.sh
index 83dfc745857ca..62a28217740cd 100755
--- a/make-distribution.sh
+++ b/make-distribution.sh
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ cp $FWDIR/examples/target/scala*/spark-examples*.jar "$DISTDIR/lib/"
 # Copy other things
 mkdir "$DISTDIR"/conf
 cp "$FWDIR"/conf/*.template "$DISTDIR"/conf
+cp "$FWDIR"/conf/slaves "$DISTDIR"/conf
 cp -r "$FWDIR/bin" "$DISTDIR"
 cp -r "$FWDIR/python" "$DISTDIR"
 cp -r "$FWDIR/sbin" "$DISTDIR"