diff --git a/tools/generateSourceTarball b/tools/generateSourceTarball
index 6885b19a5..f53d05b38 100755
--- a/tools/generateSourceTarball
+++ b/tools/generateSourceTarball
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ if [[ ! "$1" ]]; then
   exit
 fi
 
-hg update "$1"
 tools/generateReleaseInfo
-hg archive -X ".hg*" -X "rtgui/config.h" -X "rtgui/version.h" -X "rtdata/rawtherapee.desktop" rawtherapee-"$1".tar
+mkdir rawtherapee-"$1"
+mv ReleaseInfo.cmake rawtherapee-"$1"
+hg archive -r "$1" -X ".hg*" -X "rtgui/config.h" -X "rtgui/version.h" -X "rtdata/rawtherapee.desktop" rawtherapee-"$1".tar
+tar -rf rawtherapee-"$1".tar rawtherapee-"$1"/ReleaseInfo.cmake
 xz -z -9e rawtherapee-"$1".tar
-hg update
-rm ReleaseInfo.cmake
+rm -r rawtherapee-"$1"