diff --git a/dev_tools/release/release.sh b/dev_tools/release/release.sh
index 5231d52ec..4f1aa5f0c 100755
--- a/dev_tools/release/release.sh
+++ b/dev_tools/release/release.sh
@@ -69,9 +69,7 @@ tar -czf $target_file \
         --exclude .gitignore \
         --exclude .travis.yml \
         --exclude travis \
-        --exclude mkdocs.yml \
         --exclude dev_tools \
-        --exclude docs \
         --exclude vendor/phing \
         --exclude vendor/simplepie/simplepie/tests \
     libretime-${suffix}