diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c0a107ac..c6413922 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           args: ./ci/steps/test.sh
 
-  linux-amd64:
+  release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
@@ -20,25 +20,44 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./ci/container
         with:
           args: ./ci/steps/release.sh
-      - name: Upload release artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: release-github
-          path: ./release-github/*
       - name: Upload npm package artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: npm-package
           path: ./release
 
+  linux-amd64:
+    needs: release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Download npm package
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+        with:
+          name: npm-package
+      - name: Run ./ci/steps/static-release.sh
+        uses: ./ci/container
+        with:
+          args: ./ci/steps/static-release.sh
+      - name: Upload release artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: release-github
+          path: ./release-github/*
+
   linux-arm64:
+    needs: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-arm64-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-      - name: Run ./ci/steps/release.sh
+      - name: Download npm package
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+        with:
+          name: npm-package
+      - name: Run ./ci/steps/static-release.sh
         uses: ./ci/container
         with:
-          args: ./ci/steps/release.sh
+          args: ./ci/steps/static-release.sh
       - name: Upload release artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
@@ -46,14 +65,19 @@ jobs:
           path: ./release-github/*
 
   macos:
+    needs: release
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Download npm package
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+        with:
+          name: npm-package
       - run: brew unlink node@12
       - run: brew install node
-      - run: ./ci/steps/release.sh
+      - run: ./ci/steps/static-release.sh
         env:
-          # Otherwise we get a rate limited when fetching the ripgrep binary.
+          # Otherwise we get rate limited when fetching the ripgrep binary.
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
       - name: Upload release artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
diff --git a/ci/README.md b/ci/README.md
index 0c561742..a5397f59 100644
--- a/ci/README.md
+++ b/ci/README.md
@@ -33,14 +33,17 @@ This directory contains scripts used for the development of code-server.
 
 This directory contains the scripts used to build code-server.
 
+- [./lib.sh](./lib.sh)
+  - Contains code duplicated across these scripts.
 - [./build/build-code-server.sh](./build/build-code-server.sh) (`yarn build`)
   - Builds code-server into ./out and bundles the frontend into ./dist.
 - [./build/build-vscode.sh](./build/build-vscode.sh) (`yarn build:vscode`)
   - Builds vscode into ./lib/vscode/out-vscode.
 - [./build/build-release.sh](./build/build-release.sh) (`yarn release`)
-  - Bundles the output of the above two scripts into a single node module at ./release.
-  - Will build a static release with node/node_modules into `./release-static`
-    if `STATIC=1` is set.
+  - Bundles the output of the above two scripts into a single node module at `./release`.
+- [./build/build-static-release.sh](./build/build-static-release.sh) (`yarn release:static`)
+  - Requires a release already built in `./release`.
+  - Will build a static release with node and node_modules into `./release-static`
 - [./build/clean.sh](./build/clean.sh) (`yarn clean`)
   - Removes all git ignored files like build artifacts.
   - Will also `git reset --hard lib/vscode`
@@ -74,5 +77,8 @@ Just helps avoid clobbering .travis.yml.
 - [./steps/test.sh](./steps/test.sh)
   - Runs `yarn ci` after ensuring VS Code is patched
 - [./steps/release.sh](./steps/release.sh)
-  - Runs the full static build process for CI
-  - Packages the release into a .deb and .rpm for linux
+  - Runs the full release process
+  - Generates the npm package at `./release`
+- [./steps/static-release.sh](./steps/static-release.sh)
+  - Takes the output of the previous script and bundles it into a self-contained archive into `./github-release`
+  - Also outputs .deb/.rpm if on linux.
diff --git a/ci/build/build-release.sh b/ci/build/build-release.sh
index 4a86874c..0205488d 100755
--- a/ci/build/build-release.sh
+++ b/ci/build/build-release.sh
@@ -1,28 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# This script requires code-server and vscode to be built with
-# matching MINIFY.
-
-# RELEASE_PATH is the destination directory for the release from the root.
-# Defaults to release
-RELEASE_PATH="${RELEASE_PATH-release}"
-
-# STATIC controls whether node and node_modules are packaged into the release.
-# Disabled by default.
-STATIC="${STATIC-}"
+# This script requires code-server and vscode to be built with matching MINIFY.
 
 # MINIFY controls whether minified vscode is bundled and whether
 # any included node_modules are pruned for production.
 MINIFY="${MINIFY-true}"
 
-VSCODE_SRC_PATH="lib/vscode"
-
-VSCODE_OUT_PATH="$RELEASE_PATH/lib/vscode"
-
 main() {
   cd "$(dirname "${0}")/../.."
-  source ./ci/lib.sh
+  source ./ci/build/lib.sh
+
+  VSCODE_SRC_PATH="lib/vscode"
+  VSCODE_OUT_PATH="$RELEASE_PATH/lib/vscode"
 
   mkdir -p "$RELEASE_PATH"
 
@@ -32,20 +22,6 @@ main() {
   rsync README.md "$RELEASE_PATH"
   rsync LICENSE.txt "$RELEASE_PATH"
   rsync ./lib/vscode/ThirdPartyNotices.txt "$RELEASE_PATH"
-
-  if [[ $STATIC ]]; then
-    rsync "$RELEASE_PATH/" "$RELEASE_PATH-static"
-    RELEASE_PATH+=-static
-    VSCODE_OUT_PATH="$RELEASE_PATH/lib/vscode"
-
-    bundle_node
-  else
-    rm -Rf "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/extensions/node_modules"
-  fi
-}
-
-rsync() {
-  command rsync -a --del "$@"
 }
 
 bundle_code_server() {
@@ -76,6 +52,7 @@ bundle_vscode() {
   mkdir -p "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH"
   rsync "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/out-vscode${MINIFY+-min}/" "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/out"
   rsync "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/.build/extensions/" "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/extensions"
+  rm -Rf "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/extensions/node_modules"
   rsync "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/extensions/package.json" "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/extensions"
   rsync "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/extensions/yarn.lock" "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/extensions"
   rsync "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/extensions/postinstall.js" "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/extensions"
@@ -103,25 +80,4 @@ EOF
   jq 'del(.scripts)' < "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/package.json" > "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH/package.json"
 }
 
-bundle_node() {
-  # We cannot find the path to node from $PATH because yarn shims a script to ensure
-  # we use the same version it's using so we instead run a script with yarn that
-  # will print the path to node.
-  local node_path
-  node_path="$(yarn -s node <<< 'console.info(process.execPath)')"
-
-  mkdir -p "$RELEASE_PATH/bin"
-  rsync ./ci/build/code-server.sh "$RELEASE_PATH/bin/code-server"
-  rsync "$node_path" "$RELEASE_PATH/lib/node"
-
-  rsync node_modules "$RELEASE_PATH"
-  rsync "$VSCODE_SRC_PATH/node_modules" "$VSCODE_OUT_PATH"
-
-  if [[ $MINIFY ]]; then
-    pushd "$RELEASE_PATH"
-    yarn --production
-    popd
-  fi
-}
-
 main "$@"
diff --git a/ci/build/build-static-release.sh b/ci/build/build-static-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f2e28fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/build/build-static-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+main() {
+  cd "$(dirname "${0}")/../.."
+  source ./ci/build/lib.sh
+
+  rsync "$RELEASE_PATH/" "$RELEASE_PATH-static"
+  RELEASE_PATH+=-static
+
+  # We cannot find the path to node from $PATH because yarn shims a script to ensure
+  # we use the same version it's using so we instead run a script with yarn that
+  # will print the path to node.
+  local node_path
+  node_path="$(yarn -s node <<< 'console.info(process.execPath)')"
+
+  mkdir -p "$RELEASE_PATH/bin"
+  rsync ./ci/build/code-server.sh "$RELEASE_PATH/bin/code-server"
+  rsync "$node_path" "$RELEASE_PATH/lib/node"
+
+  cd "$RELEASE_PATH"
+  yarn --production
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/ci/build/lib.sh b/ci/build/lib.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f263adb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/build/lib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source ./ci/lib.sh
+
+# RELEASE_PATH is the destination directory for the release from the root.
+# Defaults to release
+RELEASE_PATH="${RELEASE_PATH-release}"
+
+rsync() {
+  command rsync -a --del "$@"
+}
diff --git a/ci/steps/release.sh b/ci/steps/release.sh
index b8ac7202..5c935522 100755
--- a/ci/steps/release.sh
+++ b/ci/steps/release.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,7 @@ main() {
   yarn vscode
   yarn build
   yarn build:vscode
-  STATIC=1 yarn release
-  ./ci/build/test-static-release.sh
-  ./ci/build/archive-static-release.sh
-
-  if [[ $OSTYPE == linux* ]]; then
-    yarn pkg
-  fi
+  yarn release
 }
 
 main "$@"
diff --git a/ci/steps/static-release.sh b/ci/steps/static-release.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62c5e8be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/steps/static-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+main() {
+  cd "$(dirname "$0")/../.."
+
+  yarn release:static
+  ./ci/build/test-static-release.sh
+  ./ci/build/archive-static-release.sh
+
+  if [[ $OSTYPE == linux* ]]; then
+    yarn pkg
+  fi
+}
+
+main "$@"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 975f3be2..461e42a0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "build": "./ci/build/build-code-server.sh",
     "build:vscode": "./ci/build/build-vscode.sh",
     "release": "./ci/build/build-release.sh",
+    "release:static": "./ci/build/build-static-release.sh",
     "pkg": "./ci/build/build-static-pkgs.sh",
     "_____": "",
     "fmt": "./ci/dev/fmt.sh",