diff --git a/bin/mkrelease b/bin/mkrelease
index 3bc376cd1..b02445800 100755
--- a/bin/mkrelease
+++ b/bin/mkrelease
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ DEV="$(printf %d.%d.%d.dev0 $MAJOR $MINOR $NEXT)"
 note "Updating bower assets ..."
 $do ietf/manage.py bower_install
 $do svn commit ietf/externals/static -m "Updated bower-managed static web assets"
+# Get rid of bower-installed files which we don't use:
+$do rm $(svn st ietf/externals/ | grep '^\?' | awk '{print $2}')
+$do rm -rf rm -rf ietf/externals/static/datatracker/
 
 note "Collecting static files ..."
 $do ietf/manage.py collectstatic --noinput --ignore=bower.json --ignore='README.*' | grep -v "Found another file with the destination path"