diff --git a/python/build/build-plugin.xml b/python/build/build-plugin.xml
index c8f80958a1e5..0b1ac141a145 100644
--- a/python/build/build-plugin.xml
+++ b/python/build/build-plugin.xml
@@ -141,14 +141,6 @@
             </fileset>
         </copy>
 
-        <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}/helpers"/>
-        <copy todir="${classes.dir}/helpers">
-          <fileset dir="${plugin.home}/helpers">
-              <patternset refid="resources.pt"/>
-              <type type="file"/>
-          </fileset>
-        </copy>
-
         <!-- copy plugin.xml -->
         <mkdir dir="${classes.dir}/META-INF"/>
         <copy todir="${classes.dir}/META-INF">
@@ -180,6 +172,11 @@
             <fileset dir="${plugin.home}/lib" includes="*.jar"/>
         </copy>
 
+        <mkdir dir="${plugindir}/helpers"/>
+        <copy todir="${plugindir}/helpers">
+          <fileset dir="${plugin.home}/helpers" includes="*.py"/>
+        </copy>
+
         <zip basedir="${zipdir}" destfile="${output}/${zipname}"/>
     </target>