diff --git a/scripts/maketarball.sh b/scripts/maketarball.sh
index 4747f6315..558bf6275 100755
--- a/scripts/maketarball.sh
+++ b/scripts/maketarball.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ function cleanfulltree {
    printf "Done\n"
 
    printf "removing unused libraries from GIT tree ..."
-   myrmrvf $1 lib-src/portmidi
    myrmrvf $1 lib-src/libscorealign
    printf "Done\n"
 }
@@ -133,6 +132,18 @@ function slimtree {
    myrmrvf $1 lib-src/portaudio-v19/testcvs
    printf "Done\n"
 
+   printf "removing unused portmidi directories ... "
+   myrmrvf $1 lib-src/portmidi/pm_cl
+   myrmrvf $1 lib-src/portmidi/pm_csharp
+   myrmrvf $1 lib-src/portmidi/pm_dylib
+   myrmrvf $1 lib-src/portmidi/pm_java
+   myrmrvf $1 lib-src/portmidi/pm_mingw
+   myrmrvf $1 lib-src/portmidi/pm_python
+   myrmrvf $1 lib-src/portmidi/pm_qt
+   myrmrvf $1 lib-src/portmidi/pm_test
+   myrmrvf $1 lib-src/portmidi/portmidi_cdt.zip
+   printf "Done\n"
+
    printf "removing Nyquist plug-ins that are just for show ... "
    myrmvf $1 plug-ins/analyze.ny plug-ins/fadein.ny plug-ins/fadeout.ny
    myrmvf $1 plug-ins/undcbias.ny