diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index 971888f..4fec2d2 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 #
 #  Rattail -- Retail Software Framework
-#  Copyright © 2010-2022 Lance Edgar
+#  Copyright © 2010-2023 Lance Edgar
 #
 #  This file is part of Rattail.
 #
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
 Tasks for 'rattail-tempmon' package
 """
 
-from __future__ import unicode_literals, absolute_import
-
 import os
 import shutil
 
@@ -37,10 +35,11 @@ exec(open(os.path.join(here, 'rattail_tempmon', '_version.py')).read())
 
 
 @task
-def release(ctx):
+def release(c):
     """
     Release a new version of `rattail-tempmon`
     """
-    shutil.rmtree('rattail_tempmon.egg-info')
-    ctx.run('python -m build --sdist')
-    ctx.run('twine upload dist/rattail-tempmon-{}.tar.gz'.format(__version__))
+    if os.path.exists('rattail_tempmon.egg-info'):
+        shutil.rmtree('rattail_tempmon.egg-info')
+    c.run('python -m build --sdist')
+    c.run('twine upload dist/rattail-tempmon-{}.tar.gz'.format(__version__))