diff --git a/build-release b/build-release
index f03502f..2dc26a6 100755
--- a/build-release
+++ b/build-release
@@ -241,7 +241,11 @@ package () {
 			rm -v "${archive_filename}"
 		fi
 
-		7z -mx='9' -t"${archive_format}" a "${archive_filename}" .
+		# Only store files, not folders, folders will be recreated on extraction.
+		local file_list="$(mktemp)"
+		find . -type f | cut -c3- | sort > "${file_list}"
+		7z -mx='9' -snl -t"${archive_format}" a "${archive_filename}" -i@"${file_list}"
+		rm "${file_list}"
 	)
 }