diff --git a/scripts/make_win_bin_dist b/scripts/make_win_bin_dist
index 862c572a75a..2e10e530ca6 100755
--- a/scripts/make_win_bin_dist
+++ b/scripts/make_win_bin_dist
@@ -146,7 +146,11 @@ mkdir $DESTDIR/bin
 cp client/$TARGET/*.exe                                  $DESTDIR/bin/
 cp extra/$TARGET/*.exe                                   $DESTDIR/bin/
 cp storage/myisam/$TARGET/*.exe                          $DESTDIR/bin/
-cp server-tools/instance-manager/$TARGET/*.{exe,map,pdb} $DESTDIR/bin/
+cp server-tools/instance-manager/$TARGET/*.{exe,map}     $DESTDIR/bin/
+if [ x"$TARGET" != x"release" ]
+then
+  cp server-tools/instance-manager/$TARGET/*.pdb         $DESTDIR/bin/
+fi
 cp tests/$TARGET/*.exe                                   $DESTDIR/bin/
 cp libmysql/$TARGET/*.exe                                $DESTDIR/bin/
 cp libmysql/$TARGET/libmysql.dll                         $DESTDIR/bin/
@@ -155,8 +159,11 @@ cp libmysql/$TARGET/libmysql.dll                         $DESTDIR/bin/
 mv $DESTDIR/bin/comp_err.exe             $DESTDIR/bin/comp-err.exe
 
 cp sql/$TARGET/mysqld.exe                $DESTDIR/bin/mysqld$EXE_SUFFIX.exe
-cp sql/$TARGET/mysqld.pdb                $DESTDIR/bin/mysqld$EXE_SUFFIX.pdb
 cp sql/$TARGET/mysqld.map                $DESTDIR/bin/mysqld$EXE_SUFFIX.map
+if [ x"$TARGET" != x"release" ]
+then
+  cp sql/$TARGET/mysqld.pdb              $DESTDIR/bin/mysqld$EXE_SUFFIX.pdb
+fi
 
 if [ x"$PACK_DEBUG" = "" -a -f "sql/debug/mysqld.exe" -o \
      x"$PACK_DEBUG" = "yes" ] ; then