diff --git a/scripts/tarball.sh b/scripts/tarball.sh
index 5b367a1..4abf315 100755
--- a/scripts/tarball.sh
+++ b/scripts/tarball.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ git submodule update
 # begin vendoring cargo dependencies
 cd external/libphysis
 cargo vendor ../../cargo-vendored
+# workaround for https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/7058, winapi libraries take up a ton of space
+rm -fr ../../cargo-vendored/winapi*gnu*
+rm -fr ../../cargo-vendored/windows*
 mkdir .cargo
 cp ../../scripts/config.toml .cargo/config.toml
 cd ../../