diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index ea48569c..e167009b 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -199,14 +199,9 @@ const defaultTask = parallel(
   copy.html5shiv,
   copy.images,
   scss.compile,
-  series(
-    parallel(
-      javascripts.details,
-      javascripts.sharingButton,
-      javascripts.relativeDates
-    ),
-    restoreOriginalJavascriptFiles,
-  )
+  javascripts.details,
+  javascripts.sharingButton,
+  javascripts.relativeDates
 );
 
 exports.default = defaultTask;
diff --git a/lib/utils.py b/lib/utils.py
index bd707404..26efcf47 100644
--- a/lib/utils.py
+++ b/lib/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import hashlib
 import os
+import re
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from jinja2 import Markup, escape
@@ -20,7 +20,14 @@ def paragraphize(value, classes="govuk-body-l govuk-!-margin-bottom-4"):
 
 
 def file_fingerprint(path, root=DIST):
-    contents = open(str(root) + path, 'rb').read()
-    hash = hashlib.sha256(contents).hexdigest()[:8]
-    filename, extension = os.path.splitext(path)
-    return f'{filename}-{hash}{extension}'
+    path = Path(path).relative_to('/')  # path comes in as absolute, rooted to the dist folder
+    path_regex = re.compile(f'^{path.stem}-[0-9a-z]{{8}}{path.suffix}$')  # regexp based on the filename + a 8 char hash
+    matches = [
+                filename for filename
+                in os.listdir(str(root / path.parent))
+                if path_regex.search(filename)]
+
+    if len(matches) == 0:
+        raise OSError(f'{str(root / path.parent / path.stem)}-[hash]{path.suffix} referenced but not available')
+
+    return f'/{path.parent}/{matches[0]}'