diff --git a/scripts/roll.sh b/scripts/roll.sh
index f746919d8..62500f1d0 100755
--- a/scripts/roll.sh
+++ b/scripts/roll.sh
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ perl -pi -e 's%../../../doc/html/bbv2.html%doc/html/index.html%' index.html
 perl -pi -e 's%../../../doc/html/bbv2.installation.html%doc/html/bbv2.installation.html%' index.html
 
 # Make packages
-find . -name ".svn" | xargs rm -rf
-rm roll.sh
-chmod a+x jam_src/build.bat
 revision=`svnversion .`
 echo "SVN Revision $revision" >> timestamp.txt
 date >> timestamp.txt
+find . -name ".svn" | xargs rm -rf
+rm roll.sh
+chmod a+x jam_src/build.bat
 cd .. && zip -r boost-build.zip boost-build && tar --bzip2 -cf boost-build.tar.bz2 boost-build
 cd boost-build