diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 2512258..1e968ff 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8; -*-
 
+from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
+
 import os
 import shutil
 
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ def release(ctx):
     Release a new version of 'appypod-rattail'.
     """
     shutil.rmtree('appypod_rattail.egg-info')
-    ctx.run('python -m build --sdist')
+    ctx.run("python setup.py egg_info --tag-build='' sdist --formats=gztar")
 
     filename = 'appypod-rattail-{}.tar.gz'.format(__version__)
-    ctx.run('scp dist/{} rattail@pypi.rattailproject.org:/srv/pypi/public/'.format(filename))
-    ctx.run("ssh rattail@pypi.rattailproject.org 'cd /srv/pypi/public; rm -rf simple; compoze index'")
+    ctx.run('scp dist/{} rattail@pypi.rattailproject.org:/srv/pypi/'.format(filename))
+    ctx.run("ssh rattail@pypi.rattailproject.org 'cd /srv/pypi; rm -rf simple; compoze index'")