diff --git a/mkrelease.sh b/mkrelease.sh
index 43e796cdf..1acab72d2 100755
--- a/mkrelease.sh
+++ b/mkrelease.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ git archive --format=tar --prefix=$RELEASENAME/ HEAD | tar x || exit 1
 echo "Running autoreconf ..."
 cd $RELEASENAME || exit 1
 autoreconf || exit 1
-rm -rf .gitignore aclocal.m4 autom4te.cache
+rm -rf .github .gitignore aclocal.m4 autom4te.cache
 
 echo "Building $RELEASENAME.tar.bz2 ..."
 cd .. || exit 1