diff --git a/build-aux/dist-vendor.sh b/build-aux/dist-vendor.sh
index f692c26..00e4b39 100644
--- a/build-aux/dist-vendor.sh
+++ b/build-aux/dist-vendor.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ mkdir "$DIST"/.cargo
 # It is also part of the Rust SDK extension.
 cargo vendor-filterer --platform=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --platform=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu > "$DIST"/.cargo/config
 rm -f vendor/gettext-sys/gettext-*.tar.*
+# remove the tarball from checksums
+echo $(jq -c 'del(.files["gettext-0.21.tar.xz"])' vendor/gettext-sys/.cargo-checksum.json) > vendor/gettext-sys/.cargo-checksum.json
 # Move vendor into dist tarball directory
 mv vendor "$DIST"