.circleci/config.yml | 5 +----

diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 81c6c7b60734a137b22b9368012870eeb45e270c..48b02c27015bc3e8e2c6be06993ba950e7151076 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -62,12 +62,9 @@       - run:
           name: "package with packagecore"
           command: |
             # Clean up
-            rm -rf ./.git
             rm -rf ./dist/*
             # Pack source
-            cd ..
-            tar -czf ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}-${CIRCLE_TAG}.tar.gz ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}
-            cd ${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}
+            git archive -o ../${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}-${CIRCLE_TAG}.tar.gz --format tar.gz --prefix=${CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME}-${CIRCLE_TAG#v}/ ${CIRCLE_TAG}
             # Use latest installed python3 from pyenv
             export PYENV_VERSION="$(pyenv versions | grep -Po '\b3\.\d+\.\d+' | tail -1)"
             pip install packagecore