diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml b/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
index c1d3f30408aace..699efb39d17e35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export DISTTYPE=nightly
           export DATESTRING=`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`
-          export COMMIT=xxxx
-          ./configure && make tar -j8
+          export COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short=10 "$GITHUB_SHA")
+          ./configure && make tar -j8 SKIP_XZ=1
           mkdir tarballs
           mv *.tar.gz tarballs
       - name: Upload tarball artifact
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4391499052a449..58e7d4de4771e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1034,7 +1034,7 @@ pkg-upload: pkg
 	scp -p $(TARNAME).pkg $(STAGINGSERVER):nodejs/$(DISTTYPEDIR)/$(FULLVERSION)/$(TARNAME).pkg
 	ssh $(STAGINGSERVER) "touch nodejs/$(DISTTYPEDIR)/$(FULLVERSION)/$(TARNAME).pkg.done"
 
-$(TARBALL): release-only $(NODE_EXE) doc
+$(TARBALL): release-only doc-only
 	git checkout-index -a -f --prefix=$(TARNAME)/
 	mkdir -p $(TARNAME)/doc/api
 	cp doc/node.1 $(TARNAME)/doc/node.1