diff --git a/.circleci/config.pkl b/.circleci/config.pkl
index ebe9ae1c..acb0da40 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.pkl
+++ b/.circleci/config.pkl
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ jobs {
         command = #"""
           # exclude build_artifacts.txt from publish
           rm -f pkl-cli/build/executable/*.build_artifacts.txt
+          find pkl-cli/build/executable/* -type d | xargs rm -rf 
+          rm -f pkl-cli/build/executable/resources
           gh release create "${CIRCLE_TAG}" \
             --title "${CIRCLE_TAG}" \
             --target "${CIRCLE_SHA1}" \
diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index efb7169d..e56c8840 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -735,6 +735,8 @@ jobs:
         command: |-
           # exclude build_artifacts.txt from publish
           rm -f pkl-cli/build/executable/*.build_artifacts.txt
+          find pkl-cli/build/executable/* -type d | xargs rm -rf 
+          rm -f pkl-cli/build/executable/resources
           gh release create "${CIRCLE_TAG}" \
             --title "${CIRCLE_TAG}" \
             --target "${CIRCLE_SHA1}" \