diff --git a/tools/release/tarball.sh b/tools/release/tarball.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 21335dd954..0000000000
--- a/tools/release/tarball.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-version="3.0"
-
-srcdir=.
-tempdir=rockbox-temp
-outfile=rockbox-$version.7z
-
-# remove previous leftovers
-rm -rf $tempdir
-
-cd $srcdir
-
-# create the dir name based on revision number
-rbdir=$tempdir/rockbox-$version
-
-# create new temp dir
-mkdir -p $rbdir
-
-# copy everything to the temp dir
-svn ls -R | xargs -Imoo cp --parents moo $rbdir 2>/dev/null
-
-cd $tempdir
-
-rm -f $outfile
-
-# 7zip the entire directory
-7zr a $outfile rockbox*
-
-# world readable please
-chmod a+r $outfile
-
-# remove temporary files
-rm -rf $tempdir
diff --git a/utils/common/tarball.py b/utils/common/tarball.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..11570c46b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/common/tarball.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import gitscraper
+import tempfile
+import subprocess
+import os
+import shutil
+
+version = "v3.11"
+repository = "."
+basename = "rockbox-" + version
+tree = gitscraper.get_refs(repository)["refs/remotes/origin/" + version]
+tmpbase = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+tmpdir = tmpbase + "/" + basename
+
+gitscraper.archive_files(repository, tree, [], basename, tmpdir)
+
+print "7z-ing files"
+output = subprocess.Popen(["7z", "a",
+        os.path.join(os.getcwd(), basename + ".7z"), basename], cwd=tmpbase)
+cmdout = output.communicate()
+
+shutil.rmtree(tmpbase)