diff --git a/scripts/create_source_tarball.sh b/scripts/create_source_tarball.sh
index 9105d24d..af487d91 100755
--- a/scripts/create_source_tarball.sh
+++ b/scripts/create_source_tarball.sh
@@ -250,15 +250,6 @@ if [[ "$repo" == "easybuild-easyconfigs" ]]; then
     echo -e -n "\r>> checking whether all files in index actually exist in unpacked source tarball ... $idx/$file_cnt "
     ok
 
-    # cfr. https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/issues/10325
-    echo -n ">> checking for CVS easyconfigs in source tarball... "
-    CVS_easyconfigs=`ls $unpacked_sdist/easybuild/easyconfigs/c/CVS/*.eb 2> /dev/null`
-    if [ -z "$CVS_easyconfigs" ]; then
-        error "No CVS easyconfigs found in source tarball!"
-    else
-        ok
-    fi
-
 fi
 
 # all done checking, if no checks failed up until now, we're done!
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 216b0a02..a37aa534 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 # note: release candidates should be versioned as a pre-release, e.g. "1.1rc1"
 # 1.1-rc1 would indicate a post-release, i.e., and update of 1.1, so beware
-VERSION = '4.8.1'
+VERSION = '4.8.2'
 
 
 # Utility function to read README file