diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c1d36d..ee24b3c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@
 node_modules/
 dist/
 /.vagrant
-/webpack.inputs
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3b28abc..a4444ff 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,19 +15,10 @@ install-only:
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/metainfo/
 	cp org.cockpit-project.$(PACKAGE_NAME).metainfo.xml $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/metainfo/
 
-EXTRA_DIST = \
-	README.md \
-	org.cockpit-project.$(PACKAGE_NAME).metainfo.xml \
-	package.json \
-        .eslintrc.json \
-	webpack.config.js \
-	webpack-with-stats \
-	Makefile
-
 # when building a distribution tarball, call webpack with a 'production' environment
 dist-gzip: NODE_ENV=production
 dist-gzip: clean all
-	tar czf $(PACKAGE_NAME)-cockpit.tar.gz --transform 's,^,$(PACKAGE_NAME)-cockpit/,' $$(cat webpack.inputs) $(EXTRA_DIST) dist/
+	tar czf $(PACKAGE_NAME)-cockpit.tar.gz --transform 's,^,$(PACKAGE_NAME)-cockpit/,' $$(git ls-files) dist/
 
 srpm: dist-gzip
 	rpmbuild -bs \
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 889fc2c..b3d5804 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "LGPL-2.1",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "./webpack-with-stats"
+    "build": "webpack"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-core": "^6.25.0",
diff --git a/webpack-with-stats b/webpack-with-stats
deleted file mode 100755
index 6f19e30..0000000
--- a/webpack-with-stats
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-var path = require('path');
-var fs = require('fs');
-var process = require('process');
-var webpack = require('webpack');
-var config = require('./webpack.config.js');
-
-webpack(config, function (err, stats) {
-    if (err) {
-        console.log(JSON.stringify(err));
-        process.exit(1);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    var inputs = [ ];
-    stats.compilation.fileDependencies.forEach(function(file) {
-        inputs.push(path.relative(process.cwd(), file));
-    });
-    fs.writeFileSync('webpack.inputs', inputs.join("\n") + "\n");
-});