diff --git a/libs/freetdm/mkrelease.sh b/libs/freetdm/mkrelease.sh
index 46d4fbd93f..b079158541 100755
--- a/libs/freetdm/mkrelease.sh
+++ b/libs/freetdm/mkrelease.sh
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@ echo "Creating $release ($major.$minor.$micro) at $INSTALLPREFIX/$release (direc
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALLPREFIX/$release $INSTALLPREFIX/bin-releases/$major/$release
 
+cp -r ./* $INSTALLPREFIX/bin-releases/$major/$release
+cp -r ./.libs $INSTALLPREFIX/bin-releases/$major/$release
+
+make clean
+make mod_freetdm-clean
+
 cp -r ./* $INSTALLPREFIX/$release
 
 # copy ABI compatibility reports to release
@@ -132,20 +138,7 @@ if [ -d compat_reports ]; then
 	mv ./compat_reports $INSTALLPREFIX/$release
 fi
 
-cp -r ./* $INSTALLPREFIX/bin-releases/$major/$release
-cp -r ./.libs $INSTALLPREFIX/bin-releases/$major/$release
-
-find $INSTALLPREFIX/$release -name .libs -exec rm -rf {} \;
-find $INSTALLPREFIX/$release -name .deps -exec rm -rf {} \;
-find $INSTALLPREFIX/$release -name *.so -exec rm -rf {} \;
-find $INSTALLPREFIX/$release -name *.lo -exec rm -rf {} \;
 rm -rf $INSTALLPREFIX/$release/{$LIBSNG_ISDN_DIR,$LIBSNG_SS7_DIR,*.tgz}
 rm -rf $INSTALLPREFIX/bin-releases/$major/$release/{$LIBSNG_ISDN_DIR,$LIBSNG_SS7_DIR,*.tgz}
 
-# clean the source tree
-make clean
-make mod_freetdm-clean
-
 tar -C $INSTALLPREFIX -czf $INSTALLPREFIX/$release.tar.gz $release/
-
-