diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-portable-release-cuda.yml b/.github/workflows/build-portable-release-cuda.yml
index a63ec168..729ce695 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-portable-release-cuda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-portable-release-cuda.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
             cp -r text-generation-webui "text-generation-webui-${VERSION_CLEAN}"
             cd "text-generation-webui-${VERSION_CLEAN}"
 
-            rm -rf .git cmd* update_wizard* Colab-TextGen-GPU.ipynb docker setup.cfg
+            rm -rf .git cmd* update_wizard* Colab-TextGen-GPU.ipynb docker setup.cfg .github .gitignore
             allowed=("character_bias" "gallery" "openai" "sd_api_pictures")
             find extensions/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | grep -v -E "$(printf '%s|' "${allowed[@]}" | sed 's/|$//')" | xargs rm -rf
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-portable-release-vulkan.yml b/.github/workflows/build-portable-release-vulkan.yml
index b6217164..98eb3635 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-portable-release-vulkan.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-portable-release-vulkan.yml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
             cp -r text-generation-webui "text-generation-webui-${VERSION_CLEAN}"
             cd "text-generation-webui-${VERSION_CLEAN}"
 
-            rm -rf .git cmd* update_wizard* Colab-TextGen-GPU.ipynb docker setup.cfg
+            rm -rf .git cmd* update_wizard* Colab-TextGen-GPU.ipynb docker setup.cfg .github .gitignore
             allowed=("character_bias" "gallery" "openai" "sd_api_pictures")
             find extensions/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | grep -v -E "$(printf '%s|' "${allowed[@]}" | sed 's/|$//')" | xargs rm -rf
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-portable-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-portable-release.yml
index dd86f522..8863d673 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-portable-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-portable-release.yml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
             cp -r text-generation-webui "text-generation-webui-${VERSION_CLEAN}"
             cd "text-generation-webui-${VERSION_CLEAN}"
 
-            rm -rf .git cmd* update_wizard* Colab-TextGen-GPU.ipynb docker setup.cfg
+            rm -rf .git cmd* update_wizard* Colab-TextGen-GPU.ipynb docker setup.cfg .github .gitignore
             allowed=("character_bias" "gallery" "openai" "sd_api_pictures")
             find extensions/ -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | grep -v -E "$(printf '%s|' "${allowed[@]}" | sed 's/|$//')" | xargs rm -rf