diff --git a/bin/buildForWindows.sh b/bin/buildForWindows.sh
index 1d47bff1..2f906238 100755
--- a/bin/buildForWindows.sh
+++ b/bin/buildForWindows.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ echo "download windows node..."
 cd bin
 wget "http://nodejs.org/dist/v$NODE_VERSION/node.exe" -O ../node.exe
 
+echo "remove git history to reduce folder size"
+rm -rf .git/objects
+
 echo "create the zip..."
 cd /tmp
 zip -9 -r etherpad-lite-win.zip etherpad-lite-win