diff --git a/build/build.ps1 b/build/build.ps1
index d2c549580..465e43915 100644
--- a/build/build.ps1
+++ b/build/build.ps1
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ rm daemon.zip
 
 # build electron app
 yarn dist
-$binary_name = Get-ChildItem -Path dist -Filter 'LBRY Setup*.exe' -Name
-$new_name = $binary_name -replace '^LBRY Setup (.*)\.exe$', 'LBRY_$1.exe'
-Rename-Item -Path "dist\$binary_name" -NewName $new_name
 dir dist # verify that binary was built/named correctly
 
 
diff --git a/build/build.sh b/build/build.sh
index 6d64bec03..37a26b0a1 100755
--- a/build/build.sh
+++ b/build/build.sh
@@ -79,12 +79,6 @@ if [ "$FULL_BUILD" == "true" ]; then
 
   yarn dist
 
-  if $OSX; then
-    binary_name=$(find "$ROOT/dist" -iname "*dmg")
-    new_name=$(basename "$binary_name" | sed 's/-/_/')
-    mv "$binary_name" "$(dirname "$binary_name")/$new_name"
-  fi
-
   # electron-build has a publish feature, but I had a hard time getting
   # it to reliably work and it also seemed difficult to configure. Not proud of
   # this, but it seemed better to write my own.