diff --git a/script/create-dist b/script/create-dist
deleted file mode 100755
index 975833aff36f..000000000000
--- a/script/create-dist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import errno
-import os
-import shutil
-import subprocess
-
-
-SOURCE_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
-DIST_DIR = os.path.join(SOURCE_ROOT, 'dist')
-BUNDLE_NAME = 'Atom.app'
-BUNDLE_DIR = os.path.join(SOURCE_ROOT, 'build', 'Release', BUNDLE_NAME)
-
-
-def main():
-    rm_rf(DIST_DIR)
-    os.makedirs(DIST_DIR)
-
-    copy_binaries()
-    create_zip()
-
-
-def copy_binaries():
-    shutil.copytree(BUNDLE_DIR, os.path.join(DIST_DIR, BUNDLE_NAME), symlinks=True)
-
-
-def create_zip():
-    print "Zipping distribution..."
-    zip_file = os.path.join(SOURCE_ROOT, 'atom-shell.zip')
-    safe_unlink(zip_file)
-
-    cwd = os.getcwd()
-    os.chdir(DIST_DIR)
-    subprocess.check_call(['zip', '-r', '-y', zip_file, 'Atom.app'])
-    os.chdir(cwd)
-
-
-def rm_rf(path):
-    try:
-        shutil.rmtree(path)
-    except OSError as e:
-        if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
-            raise
-
-
-def safe_unlink(path):
-    try:
-        os.unlink(path)
-    except OSError as e:
-        if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
-            raise
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    import sys
-    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/script/create-dist.py b/script/create-dist.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..af9f47ea4492
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/create-dist.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import errno
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+from lib.util import *
+
+
+SOURCE_ROOT = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
+DIST_DIR = os.path.join(SOURCE_ROOT, 'dist')
+BUNDLE_NAME = 'Atom.app'
+BUNDLE_DIR = os.path.join(SOURCE_ROOT, 'out', 'Release', BUNDLE_NAME)
+
+
+def main():
+  rm_rf(DIST_DIR)
+  os.makedirs(DIST_DIR)
+
+  copy_binaries()
+  create_zip()
+
+
+def copy_binaries():
+  shutil.copytree(BUNDLE_DIR, os.path.join(DIST_DIR, BUNDLE_NAME),
+                  symlinks=True)
+
+
+def create_zip():
+  print "Zipping distribution..."
+  zip_file = os.path.join(SOURCE_ROOT, 'atom-shell.zip')
+  safe_unlink(zip_file)
+
+  cwd = os.getcwd()
+  os.chdir(DIST_DIR)
+  subprocess.check_call(['zip', '-r', '-y', zip_file, 'Atom.app'])
+  os.chdir(cwd)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/script/lib/util.py b/script/lib/util.py
index 7060f1ac1d15..acbaca30288b 100644
--- a/script/lib/util.py
+++ b/script/lib/util.py
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ def extract_zip(zip_path, destination):
       z.extractall(destination)
 
 
+def rm_rf(path):
+  try:
+    shutil.rmtree(path)
+  except OSError as e:
+    if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
+      raise
+
+
 def safe_unlink(path):
   try:
     os.unlink(path)