:: commit 2bb91d1170603cd0fad160ec464d36c4afe0485a

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6dc23d5b..c404cb2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -96,11 +96,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Cleanup source tree
         run: git checkout $TAG_NAME && rm -rf * && git checkout .
 
-      - name: Burn version number
-        run: echo "$TAG_NAME" > version
-
       - name: Package release tarball
-        run: cd .. && cp -r limine "limine-$TAG_NAME" && rm -rf "limine-$TAG_NAME/.git" && tar -Jcf "limine/limine-$TAG_NAME.tar.xz" "limine-$TAG_NAME"
+        run: make dist
 
       - name: Create release notes
         run: echo "Binary release can be found at https://github.com/limine-bootloader/limine/tree/$TAG_NAME-binary" > rel_notes.txt
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 97c570a4..8bd952f0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 /**/*.EFI
 /**/*.bin
 /**/*.bin.gz
+/**/*.tar.xz
 /**/*.elf
 /**/*.hdd
 /**/*.iso
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f12bbfcf..3525690f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ export PATH := $(shell pwd)/toolchain/bin:$(PATH)
 
 NCPUS := $(shell nproc 2>/dev/null || sysctl -n hw.ncpu 2>/dev/null || echo 1)
 
+export LIMINE_VERSION := $(shell cat ../version 2>/dev/null || ( git describe --exact-match --tags `git log -n1 --pretty='%h'` 2>/dev/null || git log -n1 --pretty='%h' ) )
+
+export LIMINE_COPYRIGHT := $(shell grep Copyright LICENSE.md)
+
 TOOLCHAIN ?= limine
 
 TOOLCHAIN_CC ?= $(TOOLCHAIN)-gcc
@@ -121,13 +125,27 @@ limine-uefi-clean: stage23-uefi-clean
 .PHONY: limine-uefi32-clean
 limine-uefi32-clean: stage23-uefi32-clean
 
-.PHONY: distclean2
-distclean2: clean test-clean
-	rm -rf toolchain ovmf* gnu-efi
+.PHONY: dist
+dist:
+	rm -rf "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION)"
+	LIST="$$(ls -A)"; mkdir "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION)" && cp -r $$LIST "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION)/"
+	rm -rf "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION)/"*.tar*
+	$(MAKE) -C "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION)" repoclean
+	$(MAKE) -C "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION)" gnu-efi stivale
+	rm -rf "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION)/gnu-efi/.git"
+	rm -rf "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION)/stivale/.git"
+	rm -rf "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION)/.git"
+	echo "$(LIMINE_VERSION)" > "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION)/version"
+	tar -Jcf "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION).tar.xz" "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION)"
+	rm -rf "limine-$(LIMINE_VERSION)"
 
 .PHONY: distclean
-distclean: distclean2
-	rm -rf stivale
+distclean: clean test-clean
+	rm -rf toolchain ovmf*
+
+.PHONY: repoclean
+repoclean: distclean
+	rm -rf stivale gnu-efi *.tar.xz
 
 stivale:
 	git clone https://github.com/stivale/stivale.git
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 07248803..44b61fc9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ make toolchain    # (or gmake where applicable)
 ### Building Limine
 
 In order to build Limine, the following packages have to be installed:
-`GNU make`, `git`, `nasm`, `mtools` (optional, necessary to build
+`GNU make`, `nasm`, `mtools` (optional, necessary to build
 `limine-eltorito-efi.bin`).
 Furthermore, either the toolchain must have been built in the previous
 paragraph, or `gcc` or `llvm/clang` must also be installed.
diff --git a/stage23/Makefile b/stage23/Makefile
index cecf4051..03d85e3f 100644
--- a/stage23/Makefile
+++ b/stage23/Makefile
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ COM_OUTPUT = false
 E9_OUTPUT = false
 
 BUILD_ID := $(shell dd if=/dev/urandom count=8 bs=1 2>/dev/null | od -An -t x4 | sed 's/^ /0x/g;s/ //g')
-LIMINE_VERSION := $(shell cat ../version 2>/dev/null || ( git describe --exact-match --tags `git log -n1 --pretty='%h'` 2>/dev/null || ( git log -n1 --pretty='%h' && echo -n "(`git branch --show-current`)" ) ) )
-LIMINE_COPYRIGHT := $(shell grep Copyright ../LICENSE.md)
 
 WERROR = -Werror
 CFLAGS ?= -O3 -g -pipe -Wall -Wextra $(WERROR)