diff --git a/do-friendica-release.sh b/do-friendica-release.sh
index 8a05a27..417c109 100755
--- a/do-friendica-release.sh
+++ b/do-friendica-release.sh
@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ echo "cleaning unneded stuff from the core directory"
 ( cd "$RELEASECORE/$RELEASECORE" || exit
 echo "fetching dependencies with composer"
 php7.0 bin/composer.phar install --quiet --no-dev
-rm -rf .git .github .tx tests
-rm -rf .codecov.yml .drone.yml .editorconfig  .gitattributes  .gitignore  .gitmodules .php_cs.dist autotest.sh composer.json composer.lock Doxyfile
+rm -rf .git .github .tx tests bin/dev
+rm -f .codecov.yml .drone.yml .editorconfig  .gitattributes  .gitignore
+rm -f .gitmodules .php_cs.dist autotest.sh composer.json composer.lock Doxyfile
+rm -f view/lang/*/messages.po friendica_test_data.sql
 )
 
 echo "cleaning unneded stuff from the addon directory"