diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 96283b68..9b3063a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
           make -j1 release || (cat $dir/test/test-suite.log; false)
           ls -lF ../
           mkdir -p artifacts/
-          mv ../*.tar.* artifacts/
+          mv ../*.tar.gz artifacts/
       - name: Upload Test Results
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8329db6f..689874aa 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -49,19 +49,9 @@ distclean-local:
 
 # Target to run when building a release
 release: distcheck
-	@for file in $(DIST_ARCHIVES); do		\
-		md5sum $$file > ../$$file.md5;		\
-		sha256sum $$file > ../$$file.sha256;	\
-	done
 	@mv $(DIST_ARCHIVES) ../
 	@echo
-	@echo "Resulting release files:"
-	@echo "================================================================="
-	@for file in $(DIST_ARCHIVES); do					\
-		printf "$$file    \tDistribution tarball\n";			\
-		printf "$$file.md5\t";    cat ../$$file.md5    | cut -f1 -d' ';	\
-		printf "$$file.sha256\t"; cat ../$$file.sha256 | cut -f1 -d' ';	\
-	done
+	@echo "Resulting release tarball(s): $(DIST_ARCHIVES)"
 
 DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS = --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
 			    --enable-testserv-plugin --enable-x11-common-plugin  \