diff --git a/bin/compile b/bin/compile
index d270443702bf48a7e478375519f0bf1248016d58..445ed1543e71af193d453a6f719b836d5b5e605c 100755
--- a/bin/compile
+++ b/bin/compile
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ fi
 
 # ### The Cache
 mkdir -p $CACHE_DIR
-[ ! "$(ls -A $CACHE_DIR)" ]
 
 # Purge "old-style" virtualenvs.
 [ -d $CACHE_DIR/$LEGACY_TRIGGER ] && rm -fr $CACHE_DIR/.heroku/bin $CACHE_DIR/.heroku/lib $CACHE_DIR/.heroku/include
diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index b2b3a689cc6685d5cb07a8fb70c902b09512d6f3..e5df33791f89239ccd196042c11d3a9fd4b41dbd 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 
 BIN_DIR=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd) # absolute path
 BUILD_DIR=$1
-NAME=$($BIN_DIR/detect $BUILD_DIR) || exit 1
+
+MANAGE_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && find . -maxdepth 3 -type f -name 'manage.py' | head -1)
+MANAGE_FILE=${MANAGE_FILE:2}
 
 cat <<EOF
 ---
@@ -11,8 +13,6 @@ config_vars:
 
 EOF
 
-MANAGE_FILE=$(cd $BUILD_DIR && find . -maxdepth 3 -type f -name 'manage.py' | head -1)
-MANAGE_FILE=${MANAGE_FILE:2}
 
 if [[ $MANAGE_FILE ]]; then
 cat <<EOF