diff --git a/scripts/create_source_tarball.sh b/scripts/create_source_tarball.sh
index af487d91..6ac6277c 100755
--- a/scripts/create_source_tarball.sh
+++ b/scripts/create_source_tarball.sh
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ if [[ "$repo" == "easybuild-easyconfigs" ]]; then
     echo -n ">> checking whether all files in index actually exist in unpacked source tarball ... "
     file_cnt=`cat $index_in_sdist | grep -v '^#' | wc -l | sed 's/ //g'`
     idx=1
-    for file in `cat $index_in_sdist | grep -v '^#'`; do
+    for file in `cat $index_in_sdist | grep -v '^#' | grep -v '__archive__/r/RCS/'`; do
         echo -e -n "\r>> checking whether all files in index actually exist in unpacked source tarball ... $idx/$file_cnt"
         if [ ! -f $unpacked_sdist/easybuild/easyconfigs/$file ]; then
             error "File $file listed in index, but not found in $cwd!"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a37aa534..b726ba34 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 # note: release candidates should be versioned as a pre-release, e.g. "1.1rc1"
 # 1.1-rc1 would indicate a post-release, i.e., and update of 1.1, so beware
-VERSION = '4.8.2'
+VERSION = '4.9.0'
 
 
 # Utility function to read README file