diff --git a/create-tar.sh b/create-tar.sh
index 43b2839..3bcd568 100644
--- a/create-tar.sh
+++ b/create-tar.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 CHANNEL="esr60"
 BRANCH="releases/comm-$CHANNEL"
-RELEASE_TAG="abae8941234801d8aa5b6cfd8cc49ef62bc48e62"
+RELEASE_TAG="c73d49cb8736"
+MOZ_RELEASE_TAG="abae89412348"
 VERSION="60.0"
 VERSION_SUFFIX=""
 LOCALE_FILE="thunderbird-$VERSION/comm/mail/locales/l10n-changesets.json"
@@ -32,7 +33,6 @@ if [ -e thunderbird-$VERSION$VERSION_SUFFIX.source.tar.xz ]; then
   && \
   xz -9 -v thunderbird-$VERSION$VERSION_SUFFIX.source.tar
 else
-  # thunderbird
   if [ -d thunderbird-$VERSION ]; then
     pushd thunderbird-$VERSION
     _repourl=$(hg paths)
@@ -51,15 +51,14 @@ else
   fi
   if [ ! -d thunderbird-$VERSION ]; then
     echo "cloning new $BRANCH..."
-    hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/$BRANCH thunderbird-$VERSION
+    hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-$CHANNEL thunderbird-$VERSION
+    hg clone http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/comm-$CHANNEL thunderbird-$VERSION/comm
   fi
   pushd thunderbird-$VERSION
-  hg update --check
-  echo "running client.py..."
-  [ "$RELEASE_TAG" == "default" ] || _extra="--comm-rev=$RELEASE_TAG --mozilla-rev=$RELEASE_TAG"
-  # temporary!
-  _extra="--mozilla-repo=http://hg.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla-$CHANNEL $_extra"
-  python client.py checkout --skip-chatzilla --skip-venkman $_extra
+  hg update --check $MOZ_RELEASE_TAG
+  pushd comm
+  hg update --check $RELEASE_TAG
+  popd
   popd
   echo "creating archive..."
   rm -rf thunderbird-${VERSION}/{,comm/}other-licenses/7zstub