diff --git a/utils/roll_release.sh b/utils/roll_release.sh
index 9edda4d..f4db363 100755
--- a/utils/roll_release.sh
+++ b/utils/roll_release.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ create_release()
 
 	echo "* Rolling release $1 on $BUILD_ENV..."
 
-	cp -r $TRUNK_PATH ${SRC_PATH}
+	svn export $TRUNK_PATH ${SRC_PATH}
 
 	echo "* Cleaning up..."
 	find "$SRC_PATH" -type d -name ".svn" -exec rm -rf "{}" +