diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index e15f97227f1738f075c97930b7301521a8dcb264..7ad2f5775ad1aa3ba3e385ce5ed8a0d941c0a0e7 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -227,15 +227,15 @@
     <mkdir dir="${builddir}/packages" />
 
     <!-- build the standard tar.gz archive -->
-    <exec command="git archive HEAD --format=tar --prefix=vufind-${version}/ -o ${builddir}/packages/vufind-${version}.tar" />
+    <exec command="git archive master --format=tar --prefix=vufind-${version}/ -o ${builddir}/packages/vufind-${version}.tar" />
     <exec command="gzip ${builddir}/packages/vufind-${version}.tar" />
 
     <!-- build the a zip archive -->
-    <exec command="git archive HEAD --format=zip --prefix=vufind-${version}/ -o ${builddir}/packages/vufind-${version}.zip" />
+    <exec command="git archive master --format=zip --prefix=vufind-${version}/ -o ${builddir}/packages/vufind-${version}.zip" />
 
     <!-- build the DEB package -->
     <mkdir dir="${builddir}/export/vufind/usr/local/vufind2" />
-    <exec command="git archive HEAD --format=tar | tar -x -C ${builddir}/export/vufind/usr/local/vufind2" />
+    <exec command="git archive master --format=tar | tar -x -C ${builddir}/export/vufind/usr/local/vufind2" />
     <move file="${builddir}/export/vufind/usr/local/vufind2/packages/DEBIAN" todir="${builddir}/export/vufind" includeemptydirs="true"/>
     <exec command="chmod 0775 ${builddir}/export/vufind/DEBIAN/postinst" />
     <exec command="dpkg-deb -b ${builddir}/export/vufind ${builddir}/packages/vufind_${version}.deb" />