diff --git a/src/ci/scripts/select-xcode.sh b/src/ci/scripts/select-xcode.sh
index d635d4384727f..569c4a4136d97 100755
--- a/src/ci/scripts/select-xcode.sh
+++ b/src/ci/scripts/select-xcode.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # This script selects the Xcode instance to use.
-# It also tries to do some cleanup in CI jobs of unused Xcodes.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 IFS=$'\n\t'
@@ -8,21 +7,5 @@ IFS=$'\n\t'
 source "$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)/../shared.sh"
 
 if isMacOS; then
-    # This additional step is to try to remove an Xcode we aren't using because each one is HUGE
-    old_xcode="$(xcode-select --print-path)"
-    old_xcode="${old_xcode%/*}" # pop a dir
-    old_xcode="${old_xcode%/*}" # twice
-    if [[ $old_xcode =~ $SELECT_XCODE ]]; then
-        echo "xcode-select.sh's brutal hack may not be necessary?"
-        exit 1
-    elif [[ $SELECT_XCODE =~ "16" ]]; then
-        echo "Using Xcode 16? Please fix xcode-select.sh"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-    if [ $CI ]; then # just in case someone sources this on their real computer
-        sudo rm -rf "${old_xcode}"
-        xcode_16="${old_xcode%/*}/Xcode-16.0.0.app"
-        sudo rm -rf "${xcode_16}"
-    fi
     sudo xcode-select -s "${SELECT_XCODE}"
 fi
diff --git a/src/ci/scripts/upload-artifacts.sh b/src/ci/scripts/upload-artifacts.sh
index 61c187fa77c01..1c3079c0cf947 100755
--- a/src/ci/scripts/upload-artifacts.sh
+++ b/src/ci/scripts/upload-artifacts.sh
@@ -19,18 +19,18 @@ fi
 if [[ "${DEPLOY-0}" -eq "1" ]] || [[ "${DEPLOY_ALT-0}" -eq "1" ]]; then
     dist_dir="${build_dir}/dist"
     rm -rf "${dist_dir}/doc"
-    mv "${dist_dir}"/* "${upload_dir}"
+    mv -r "${dist_dir}"/* "${upload_dir}"
 fi
 
 # CPU usage statistics.
-mv build/cpu-usage.csv "${upload_dir}/cpu-${CI_JOB_NAME}.csv"
+cp build/cpu-usage.csv "${upload_dir}/cpu-${CI_JOB_NAME}.csv"
 
 # Build metrics generated by x.py.
-mv "${build_dir}/metrics.json" "${upload_dir}/metrics-${CI_JOB_NAME}.json"
+cp "${build_dir}/metrics.json" "${upload_dir}/metrics-${CI_JOB_NAME}.json"
 
 # Toolstate data.
 if [[ -n "${DEPLOY_TOOLSTATES_JSON+x}" ]]; then
-    mv /tmp/toolstate/toolstates.json "${upload_dir}/${DEPLOY_TOOLSTATES_JSON}"
+    cp /tmp/toolstate/toolstates.json "${upload_dir}/${DEPLOY_TOOLSTATES_JSON}"
 fi
 
 echo "Files that will be uploaded:"