diff --git a/ci/build-and-publish-deb b/ci/build-and-publish-deb
index 89bf8107..bc3ab748 100755
--- a/ci/build-and-publish-deb
+++ b/ci/build-and-publish-deb
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -e
-D="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
-
 # This script builds a binary dpkg for Debian based distros. It does not
 # currently run in CI, and is instead run manually and the resulting dpkg is
 # uploaded to GitHub at the end of this script.
@@ -11,6 +8,12 @@ D="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
 # 'cargo install cargo-deb'.
 #
 # This should be run from the root of the ripgrep repo.
+#
+# TODO: It looks like this script could be pretty easily ported into GitHub
+# Actions?
+
+set -e
+D="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
 
 if ! command -V cargo-deb > /dev/null 2>&1; then
   echo "cargo-deb command missing" >&2
diff --git a/ci/build-and-publish-m2 b/ci/build-and-publish-m2
index 5980337a..fa66a504 100755
--- a/ci/build-and-publish-m2
+++ b/ci/build-and-publish-m2
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+# This script builds a ripgrep release for the aarch64-apple-darwin target.
+# At time of writing (2023-11-21), GitHub Actions does not free Apple silicon
+# runners. Since I have somewhat recently acquired an M2 mac mini, I just use
+# this script to build the release tarball and upload it with `gh`.
+#
+# Once GitHub Actions has proper support for Apple silicon, we should add it
+# to our release workflow and drop this script.
+
 set -e
 
 version="$1"
@@ -13,13 +21,14 @@ if ! grep -q "version = \"$version\"" Cargo.toml; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
-cargo build --release --features pcre2
-BIN=target/release/rg
-NAME=ripgrep-$version-aarch64-apple-darwin
+target=aarch64-apple-darwin
+cargo build --release --features pcre2 --target $target
+BIN=target/$target/release/rg
+NAME=ripgrep-$version-$target
 ARCHIVE="deployment/m2/$NAME"
 
 mkdir -p "$ARCHIVE"/{complete,doc}
-cp target/release/rg "$ARCHIVE"/
+cp "$BIN" "$ARCHIVE"/
 strip "$ARCHIVE/rg"
 cp {README.md,COPYING,UNLICENSE,LICENSE-MIT} "$ARCHIVE"/
 cp {CHANGELOG.md,FAQ.md,GUIDE.md} "$ARCHIVE"/doc/