diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index c9b384ca5..19301d0e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -46,11 +46,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Composer dependencies
         run: composer install --no-progress --prefer-dist --optimize-autoloader
 
+      - name: Cleanup
+        run: php _cleanup.php && rm _cleanup.php
+
       - name: Create archive
         id: create-zip
         run: |
           ZIP_NAME="torrentpier-v${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}.zip"
-          zip -r "$ZIP_NAME" . -x ".git/*" ".github/*"
+          zip -r "$ZIP_NAME" . -x ".git/*"
           echo "ZIP_NAME=$ZIP_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Publish to GitHub
diff --git a/_cleanup.php b/_cleanup.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c9d0da4e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_cleanup.php
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * TorrentPier – Bull-powered BitTorrent tracker engine
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2025 TorrentPier (https://torrentpier.com)
+ * @link      https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier for the canonical source repository
+ * @license   https://github.com/torrentpier/torrentpier/blob/master/LICENSE MIT License
+ */
+
+define('BB_ROOT', __DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
+
+$items = [
+    '.github',
+    '.editorconfig',
+    '.gitignore',
+    '.styleci.yml',
+    'CHANGELOG.md',
+    'cliff.toml',
+    'cliff-releases.toml',
+    'CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md',
+    'CONTRIBUTING.md',
+    'crowdin.yml',
+    'HISTORY.md',
+    'README.md',
+    'SECURITY.md'
+];
+
+foreach ($items as $item) {
+    $path = BB_ROOT . $item;
+
+    if (is_file($path)) {
+        removeFile($path);
+    } elseif (is_dir($path)) {
+        removeDir($path);
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remove target file
+ *
+ * @param string $file Path to file
+ */
+function removeFile(string $file): void
+{
+    if (unlink($file)) {
+        echo "[INFO] File removed: $file" . PHP_EOL;
+    } else {
+        echo "[ERROR] File cannot be removed: $file" . PHP_EOL;
+        exit;
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remove folder (recursively)
+ *
+ * @param string $dir Path to folder
+ */
+function removeDir(string $dir): void
+{
+    $it = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($dir, FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS);
+    $files = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($it, RecursiveIteratorIterator::CHILD_FIRST);
+
+    foreach ($files as $file) {
+        if ($file->isDir()) {
+            removeDir($file->getPathname());
+        } else {
+            removeFile($file->getPathname());
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (rmdir($dir)) {
+        echo "[INFO] Folder removed: $dir" . PHP_EOL;
+    } else {
+        echo "[ERROR] Folder cannot be removed: $dir" . PHP_EOL;
+        exit;
+    }
+}