diff --git a/.cmake/PostBuild.cmake b/.cmake/PostBuild.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index b8d221b16..000000000
--- a/.cmake/PostBuild.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-# run `cmake .` again to pick up build plugin build artifacts that we need
-# to file glob in. these won't be picked up on the initial build because
-# they don't yet exist!
-add_custom_target(postbuild ALL DEPENDS musikcube musikcubed)
-add_custom_command(TARGET postbuild POST_BUILD COMMAND cmake .)
-
-# ensure the binaries can find libmusikcore.so, which lives in the same directory.
-if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
-  message(STATUS "[post-build] patching macOS rpath...")
-  add_custom_command(TARGET postbuild POST_BUILD COMMAND "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/script/patch-rpath.sh")
-endif()
-
-# copy boost and ffmpeg libraries (which can't be statically linked) to bin/
-# note this step also ensures libraries we depend upon have their rpath values
-# so libraries are resolved to the local directory.
-if (${BUILD_STANDALONE} MATCHES "true")
-  message(STATUS "[post-build] copying vendor'd libs...")
-  add_custom_command(TARGET postbuild POST_BUILD COMMAND "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/script/stage-vendor-libraries.sh")
-endif()
-
-# strip binaries in release mode
-if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Release)
-  if ((NOT DEFINED DISABLE_STRIP) OR (NOT ${DISABLE_STRIP} MATCHES "true"))
-    message(STATUS "[post-build] binary stripping enabled for ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
-    add_custom_command(TARGET postbuild POST_BUILD COMMAND "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/script/strip-nix.sh" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-  else()
-    message(STATUS "[post-build] DISABLE_STRIP=true, *NOT* stripping binaries.")
-  endif()
-endif()
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ca484090b..fc33497df 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -131,6 +131,16 @@ add_plugin("src/plugins/stockencoders" "stockencoders")
 # dsps
 add_plugin("src/plugins/supereqdsp" "supereqdsp")
 
+add_custom_target(postbuild ALL DEPENDS musikcube musikcubed)
+add_custom_command(
+  TARGET postbuild
+  POST_BUILD
+  COMMAND
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/script/post-build.sh"
+  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}
+  ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+  ${BUILD_STANDALONE})
+
 include(InstallFiles)
 include(GeneratePackage)
-include(PostBuild)
diff --git a/script/post-build.sh b/script/post-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0d7a6fa25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/post-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SCRIPT_DIR=$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )
+CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR=$1
+CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=$2
+CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$3
+BUILD_STANDALONE=$4
+DISABLE_STRIP=$5
+
+echo "[post-build] started..."
+
+if [[ "$BUILD_TYPE" == 'Release' ]]; then
+    echo "[post-build] BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE}, stripping binaries"
+    $SCRIPT_DIR/strip-binaries.sh $DIR
+else
+    echo "[post-build] BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE}, not stripping"
+fi
+
+echo "[post-build] patching library rpath entries..."
+$SCRIPT_DIR/patch-rpath.sh $DIR
+
+echo "[post-build] staging static assets..."
+mkdir -p "$CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/bin/themes"
+cp -rfp "$CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/src/musikcube/data/themes/"*.json "$CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/bin/themes"
+
+mkdir -p "$CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/bin/locales"
+cp -rfp "$CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/src/musikcube/data/locales/"*.json "$CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR/bin/locales"
+
+echo "[post-build] re-running 'cmake .' to re-index compiled artifacts"
+cmake .
+
+echo "[post-build] finished"