diff --git a/build_release.sh b/build_release.sh
index b81b9af1ff739d452656eb89b7718d0e4084175c..59820794c7ba37d114540d171873cd42b9d30516 100644
--- a/build_release.sh
+++ b/build_release.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ BUILD_DIR="SLUB_SIP_Builder"
 
 rm -rf ${BUILD_ZIP}
 rsync -av --exclude='.git'             --exclude='.idea' -    --exclude='_Deparsed_XSubs.pm' \
-          --exclude='build_release.sh' --exclude='.gitignore' --exclude='tmp' ./ ${BUILD_DIR}
+          --exclude='build_release.sh' --exclude='.gitignore' --exclude='tmp' \
+          --exclude='*.zip' ./ ${BUILD_DIR}
 sed -i "/^#.*FILE:.*/a \
 #\n\
 #      VERSION: ${VERSION}\n\