diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
index 2b5da4df14..beb9e4970a 100644
--- a/.releaserc
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -2,14 +2,9 @@
   "prepare": [
     "@semantic-release/npm",
     {
-      "//": "build alpine binary inside an alpine container, or else the binary is broken",
+      "//": "build the alpine, macos, linux and windows binaries",
       "path": "@semantic-release/exec",
-      "cmd": "docker run --rm -i -v `pwd`:/snyk node:alpine sh /snyk/scripts/alpine-build.sh"
-    },
-    {
-      "//": "build the regular macos, linux and windows binaries",
-      "path": "@semantic-release/exec",
-      "cmd": "npm i -g pkg && pkg . -t node8-linux-x64,node8-macos-x64,node8-win-x64"
+      "cmd": "npm i -g pkg && pkg . -t node8-alpine-x64,node8-linux-x64,node8-macos-x64,node8-win-x64"
     },
     {
       "//": "shasum all binaries",
diff --git a/scripts/alpine-build.sh b/scripts/alpine-build.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 6fa993708c..0000000000
--- a/scripts/alpine-build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-echo "Building an alpine standalone binary..."
-cd snyk
-# install pkg globally so that the local deps do not get polluted with it
-# prevents non-deterministic tests, as they depend on the deps being used
-npm i -g pkg
-pkg . -t node8-alpine-x64 -o snyk-alpine
-echo "Done building an alpine standalone binary!"