diff --git a/tasks.py b/tasks.py
index ed19d68f..48b51b39 100644
--- a/tasks.py
+++ b/tasks.py
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ exec(open(os.path.join(here, 'tailbone', '_version.py')).read())
 
 
 @task
-def release(ctx, skip_tests=False):
+def release(c, tests=False):
     """
     Release a new version of 'Tailbone'.
     """
-    if not skip_tests:
-        ctx.run('tox')
+    if tests:
+        c.run('tox')
 
-    shutil.rmtree('Tailbone.egg-info')
-    ctx.run('python -m build --sdist')
-    ctx.run('twine upload dist/Tailbone-{}.tar.gz'.format(__version__))
+    if os.path.exists('Tailbone.egg-info'):
+        shutil.rmtree('Tailbone.egg-info')
+    c.run('python -m build --sdist')
+    c.run('twine upload dist/Tailbone-{}.tar.gz'.format(__version__))