diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 41b8f6b6f..9c9a7c575 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ build:
 	@ go build -i github.com/tendermint/abci/cmd/...
 
 dist:
-	@ sudo bash scripts/dist.sh
+	@ bash scripts/dist.sh
 	@ bash scripts/publish.sh
 
 # test.sh requires that we run the installed cmds, must not be out of date
diff --git a/scripts/dist.sh b/scripts/dist.sh
index 86884c252..d94ce20f7 100755
--- a/scripts/dist.sh
+++ b/scripts/dist.sh
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@ DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )/.." && pwd )"
 # Change into that dir because we expect that.
 cd "$DIR"
 
-## Generate the tag.
-#if [ -z "$NOTAG" ]; then
-#  echo "==> Tagging..."
-#  git commit --allow-empty -a -m "Release v$VERSION"
-#  git tag -a -m "Version $VERSION" "v${VERSION}" master
-#fi
+# Delete the old dir
+echo "==> Removing old directory..."
+rm -rf build/pkg
+mkdir -p build/pkg
+
 
 # Do a hermetic build inside a Docker container.
 docker build -t tendermint/${REPO_NAME}-builder scripts/${REPO_NAME}-builder/
diff --git a/scripts/dist_build.sh b/scripts/dist_build.sh
index 94fabe1b5..0f5e3e3b0 100755
--- a/scripts/dist_build.sh
+++ b/scripts/dist_build.sh
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ GIT_IMPORT="github.com/tendermint/abci/version"
 XC_ARCH=${XC_ARCH:-"386 amd64 arm"}
 XC_OS=${XC_OS:-"solaris darwin freebsd linux windows"}
 
-# Delete the old dir
-echo "==> Removing old directory..."
-rm -rf build/pkg
-mkdir -p build/pkg
-
 # Make sure build tools are available.
 make tools