diff --git a/HookTest/build.py b/HookTest/build.py
index e8e5d10..dd912a0 100644
--- a/HookTest/build.py
+++ b/HookTest/build.py
@@ -86,10 +86,11 @@ def run(self):
         if len(passing) == 0:
             return False, 'The manifest file is empty.\nStopping build.'
         self.remove_failing(self.repo_file_list(), passing)
-        to_zip = [x for x in glob('{}*'.format(self.dest))]
-        with tarfile.open("{}release.tar.gz".format(self.dest), mode="w:gz") as f:
-            for file in sorted(to_zip):
-                f.add(file)
+        # The following lines, while no longer needed here, could be useful for another build use case
+        #to_zip = [x for x in glob('{}*'.format(self.dest))]
+        #with tarfile.open("{}release.tar.gz".format(self.dest), mode="w:gz") as f:
+        #    for file in sorted(to_zip):
+        #        f.add(file)
         return True, 'Build successful.'
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_build.py b/tests/test_build.py
index 5a2168f..d971052 100644
--- a/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_build.py
@@ -209,12 +209,16 @@ def test_remove_failing_all(self):
         self.assertCountEqual(real, passing_files, "The files copied for the build do not match the expected value.")
         self.assertEqual(len(real), self.len_bad_repo, "The number of files copied for the build is incorrect.")
 
+    # This test is no longer needed for the Travis CI build.
+    # But I am keeping it here in case we might want to create a tar file for the build for another use case.
+    '''
     def test_tar_contents(self):
         """ Compares the contents of the release.tar.gz file produced to the expected contents"""
         self.createTestDir('tests/100PercentRepo')
         HookTest.build.Travis(path=self.TESTDIR, dest=self.TESTDIR).run()
         with tarfile.open(self.TESTDIR + 'release.tar.gz', mode='r:gz') as f:
             self.assertCountEqual(f.getnames(), self.tar_contents)
+    '''
 
     def test_base_class(self):
         """ Tests to make sure a build run on the base class returns and error"""