diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
index e1edca9d..75e3132f 100755
--- a/tools/release.sh
+++ b/tools/release.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ svn export . tildefriends-$VERSION_NUMBER
 echo "tildefriends-$VERSION_NUMBER: $VERSION_NAME" > tildefriends-$VERSION_NUMBER/VERSION
 tar \
 	--exclude=deps/libbacktrace/Isaac.Newton-Opticks.txt \
-	--exclude=deps/libsodium/builds \
+	--exclude=deps/libsodium/builds/msvc/vs* \
+	--exclude=deps/libsodium/builds/msvc/build \
+	--exclude=deps/libsodium/builds/msvc/properties \
 	--exclude=deps/libsodium/configure \
 	--exclude=deps/libsodium/test \
 	--exclude=deps/libuv/docs \