diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c9d7fdc06..2c9463643 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ script:
 
 deploy:
   - provider: script
-    script:
-      - for i in $(find vendor/ -type l); do \cp -f --remove-destination $(realpath $i) $i;done
-      - chmod +x ./bin/release.sh && ./bin/release.sh
+    script: chmod +x ./bin/release.sh && ./bin/release.sh
     skip_cleanup: true
     on:
       tags: true
diff --git a/bin/release.sh b/bin/release.sh
index 4252a8484..3022525d5 100644
--- a/bin/release.sh
+++ b/bin/release.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ find vendor/ -name '.git' -type d -print -exec rm -rf {} +
 rm -fv package.* phpcs.xml
 rm -rfv qa
 
+# Find and replace symlinks in the "vendor" directory.
+for i in $(find vendor/ -type l); do \cp -f --remove-destination $(realpath $i) $i;done
+
 # Create a tag in the Wordpress.org SVN repo when after your build succeeds via Travis.
 # @link https://github.com/BoldGrid/wordpress-tag-sync
 chmod +x ./node_modules/@boldgrid/wordpress-tag-sync/release.sh && ./node_modules/@boldgrid/wordpress-tag-sync/release.sh