diff --git a/playbooks/python/release.yaml b/playbooks/python/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ea4aef6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/python/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- hosts: all
+  roles:
+    - build-python-release
diff --git a/playbooks/python/sdist.yaml b/playbooks/python/sdist.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f157dea3f..000000000
--- a/playbooks/python/sdist.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-- hosts: all
-  roles:
-    - build-python-sdist
diff --git a/roles/build-python-release/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/build-python-release/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9739eb171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/build-python-release/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+zuul_work_dir: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"
diff --git a/roles/build-python-sdist/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/build-python-release/tasks/main.yaml
similarity index 69%
rename from roles/build-python-sdist/tasks/main.yaml
rename to roles/build-python-release/tasks/main.yaml
index c428ac15e..2ca846531 100644
--- a/roles/build-python-sdist/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/build-python-release/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 - name: Build a tarball and wheel
   command: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
   args:
-    chdir: "{{ python_sdist_chdir }}"
+    chdir: "{{ zuul_work_dir }}"
diff --git a/roles/build-python-sdist/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/build-python-sdist/defaults/main.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 484656152..000000000
--- a/roles/build-python-sdist/defaults/main.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-python_sdist_chdir: "src/{{ zuul.project.canonical_name }}"
diff --git a/zuul.yaml b/zuul.yaml
index d77fb7114..d31b24817 100644
--- a/zuul.yaml
+++ b/zuul.yaml
@@ -141,12 +141,20 @@
     name: python-sdist
     description: |
       Build a source tarball and wheel for uploading
-    run: playbooks/python/sdist.yaml
+      DEPRECATED. Build a source tarball and a bdist wheel for uploading.
+    run: playbooks/python/release.yaml
+    post-run: playbooks/python/tarball-post.yaml
+
+- job:
+    name: build-python-release
+    description: |
+      Build a source tarball and a bdist wheel for uploading.
+    run: playbooks/python/release.yaml
     post-run: playbooks/python/tarball-post.yaml
 
 - job:
     name: python-upload-pypi
-    parent: python-sdist
+    parent: build-python-release
     description: |
       Generate a and upload a python source tarball and binary wheel