diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index 48f6c739d2e..d6ee8475cd7 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
+                        <id>pull-deps</id>
                         <phase>package</phase>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>exec</goal>
@@ -98,6 +99,23 @@
                             </arguments>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>mysql-tarball</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>exec</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <executable>tar</executable>
+                            <arguments>
+                                <argument>-C</argument>
+                                <argument>${project.build.directory}/extensions</argument>
+                                <argument>-czvf</argument>
+                                <argument>${project.build.directory}/mysql-metadata-storage-${project.parent.version}.tar.gz</argument>
+                                <argument>mysql-metadata-storage</argument>
+                            </arguments>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -118,21 +136,6 @@
                             </descriptors>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>mysql-distro-assembly</id>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <finalName>mysql-metadata-storage</finalName>
-                            <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
-                            <descriptors>
-                                <descriptor>src/assembly/mysql_assembly.xml</descriptor>
-                            </descriptors>
-                            <attach>false</attach>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/distribution/src/assembly/mysql_assembly.xml b/distribution/src/assembly/mysql_assembly.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index dc920245d3a..00000000000
--- a/distribution/src/assembly/mysql_assembly.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<!--
-  ~ Druid - a distributed column store.
-  ~ Copyright 2012 - 2015 Metamarkets Group Inc.
-  ~
-  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
-  ~
-  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-  ~
-  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-  ~ limitations under the License.
-  -->
-
-<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3"
-          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.3 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.3.xsd">
-    <id>bin</id>
-    <formats>
-        <format>tar.gz</format>
-    </formats>
-    <fileSets>
-        <fileSet>
-            <directory>${project.build.directory}/extensions/mysql-metadata-storage</directory>
-            <includes>
-                <include>*</include>
-            </includes>
-            <outputDirectory>./</outputDirectory>
-        </fileSet>
-    </fileSets>
-</assembly>