diff --git a/scripts/source/files/arrays/files_release.sh b/scripts/source/files/arrays/files_release.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index fab1575..0000000
--- a/scripts/source/files/arrays/files_release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# This file is auto-generated by generate_arrays.sh
-# Do not edit manually - run './scripts/source/files/generate_arrays.sh run' to regenerate
-
-release_scripts=(
-    "release/make_release.sh"
-
-)
diff --git a/scripts/source/files/arrays/files_source.sh b/scripts/source/files/arrays/files_source.sh
index d47f033..8c12d51 100755
--- a/scripts/source/files/arrays/files_source.sh
+++ b/scripts/source/files/arrays/files_source.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ source_scripts=(
     "source/files/arrays/files_migrate.sh"
     "source/files/arrays/files_network.sh"
     "source/files/arrays/files_os.sh"
-    "source/files/arrays/files_release.sh"
     "source/files/arrays/files_restore.sh"
     "source/files/arrays/files_setup.sh"
     "source/files/arrays/files_source.sh"
diff --git a/scripts/source/files/generate_arrays.sh b/scripts/source/files/generate_arrays.sh
index 11136d9..9f05125 100755
--- a/scripts/source/files/generate_arrays.sh
+++ b/scripts/source/files/generate_arrays.sh
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ for folder in "$SCRIPTS_DIR"/*; do
         folder_name=$(basename "$folder")
         
         # Skip folders that aren't sourced function libraries: the dead-code
-        # graveyard, and system/ (standalone root-owned helpers installed to
-        # /usr/local/sbin and invoked via sudo — never sourced into the runtime).
-        if [ "$folder_name" = "unused" ] || [ "$folder_name" = "system" ]; then
+        # graveyard; system/ (standalone root-owned helpers invoked via sudo); and
+        # release/ (build tooling — make_release.sh runs at build time, never sourced).
+        if [ "$folder_name" = "unused" ] || [ "$folder_name" = "system" ] || [ "$folder_name" = "release" ]; then
             isNotice "Skipping $folder_name/"
             continue
         fi