diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 732d3b7..dd83b6f 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ if [[ -e oxipng.tar.gz ]]; then
     rm -rf oxipngdir
 fi
 
-# remove all the gimp files (those don't do anything in the final build)
-find . -name "*.xcf" -type f -delete
-
 # zip all files in build dir recursively, into build.zip in base folder. use -0 flag to disable compression.
 zip -r ../build.zip . -0