diff --git a/project/Build.scala b/project/Build.scala
index ddcfc41..f2bcdc1 100644
--- a/project/Build.scala
+++ b/project/Build.scala
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ object KafkaBuild extends Build {
   val release = TaskKey[Unit]("release", "Creates a deployable release directory file with dependencies, config, and scripts.")
   val releaseTask = release <<= ( packageBin in (core, Compile), dependencyClasspath in (core, Runtime), exportedProducts in Compile,
     target, releaseName in core ) map { (packageBin, deps, products, target, releaseName) =>
-      val jarFiles = deps.files.filter(f => !products.files.contains(f) && f.getName.endsWith(".jar"))
+      val jarFiles = deps.files.filter(f => !products.files.contains(f) && f.getName.endsWith(".jar") && !f.getName.contains("scala-compiler.jar"))
       val destination = target / "RELEASE" / releaseName
       IO.copyFile(packageBin, destination / packageBin.getName)
       IO.copyFile(file("LICENSE"), destination / "LICENSE")