diff --git a/ci/build/build-packages.sh b/ci/build/build-packages.sh
index 1844dc741..d9840d1c3 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-packages.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-packages.sh
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@ release_nfpm() {
 
   export NFPM_ARCH
 
-  # Code deletes some files from the extension node_modules directory which
-  # leaves broken symlinks in the corresponding .bin directory.  nfpm will fail
-  # on these broken symlinks so clean them up.
-  rm -fr "./release-standalone/lib/vscode/extensions/node_modules/.bin"
-
   PKG_FORMAT="deb"
   NFPM_ARCH="$(get_nfpm_arch $PKG_FORMAT "$ARCH")"
   nfpm_config="$(envsubst < ./ci/build/nfpm.yaml)"
diff --git a/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh b/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
index aed25ee3f..78e665de7 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-standalone-release.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ main() {
 
   pushd "$RELEASE_PATH"
   npm install --unsafe-perm --omit=dev
+  # Code deletes some files from the extension node_modules directory which
+  # leaves broken symlinks in the corresponding .bin directory.  nfpm will fail
+  # on these broken symlinks so clean them up.
+  rm -fr "./lib/vscode/extensions/node_modules/.bin"
   popd
 }