diff --git a/release.py b/release.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/release.py
+++ b/release.py
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ def tag_and_push():
 
 def pypi():
     print("--- PYPI ---------------------------------------------------------")
+    system("rm -rf build")
     system("python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel")
     system("twine check dist/*")
     system("twine upload --skip-existing --sign dist/*")
Work around stale files in wheel (closes #<I>)