diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d4f18a0a..0907aa36 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -148,14 +148,14 @@ build-windows:
     # We need to install docker because qtdeploy builds for windows inside a docker container.
     # Docker will connect to the dockerd daemon provided by the runner service docker:dind at tcp://docker:2375.
     - curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com -o get-docker.sh && sh get-docker.sh
-    - apt-get update && apt-get -y install binutils-mingw-w64 zip
+    - apt-get update && apt-get -y install binutils-mingw-w64 tar gzip
     - ln -s /usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres /usr/bin/windres
     - go mod download
     - TARGET_OS=windows make build
   artifacts:
     name: "bridge-windows-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
     paths:
-      - bridge_*.zip
+      - bridge_*.tgz
     expire_in: 2 week
 
 mirror-repo:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 313626af..5b2bc982 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ICO_FILES:=
 EXE:=$(shell basename ${CURDIR})
 
 ifeq "${TARGET_OS}" "windows"
-    EXE+=.exe
+    EXE:=${EXE}.exe
     ICO_FILES:=logo.ico icon.rc icon_windows.syso
 endif
 ifeq "${TARGET_OS}" "darwin"
@@ -37,15 +37,9 @@ ifeq "${TARGET_OS}" "darwin"
 endif
 EXE_TARGET:=${DEPLOY_DIR}/${TARGET_OS}/${EXE}
 TGZ_TARGET:=bridge_${TARGET_OS}_${REVISION}.tgz
-ZIP_TARGET:=bridge_${TARGET_OS}_${REVISION}.zip
 
-ifeq "${TARGET_OS}" "windows"
-BUILD_TARGET:=${ZIP_TARGET}
-else
-BUILD_TARGET:=${TGZ_TARGET}
-endif
 
-build: ${BUILD_TARGET}
+build: ${TGZ_TARGET}
 
 build-nogui:
 	go build ${BUILD_FLAGS_NOGUI} -o Desktop-Bridge cmd/Desktop-Bridge/main.go
@@ -54,10 +48,6 @@ ${TGZ_TARGET}: ${DEPLOY_DIR}/${TARGET_OS}
 	rm -f $@
 	cd ${DEPLOY_DIR} && tar czf ../../../$@ ${TARGET_OS}
 
-${ZIP_TARGET}: ${DEPLOY_DIR}/${TARGET_OS}
-	rm -f $@
-	cd ${DEPLOY_DIR} && zip -r ../../../$@ ${TARGET_OS}
-
 ${DEPLOY_DIR}/linux: ${EXE_TARGET}
 	cp -pf ./internal/frontend/share/icons/logo.svg ${DEPLOY_DIR}/linux/
 	cp -pf ./LICENSE ${DEPLOY_DIR}/linux/