diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index df3aa492e5e..b078c93ae26 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -188,7 +188,12 @@ writeversion:
 	@echo "Current version is now `cat kolibri/VERSION`"
 
 preseeddb:
-	PYTHONPATH=".:$PYTHONPATH" python build_tools/preseed_home.py
+	export KOLIBRI_HOME="$$(mktemp -d)"; \
+	export PYTHONPATH=".:$$PYTHONPATH"; \
+	cd kolibri; \
+	python -m kolibri manage deprovision --destroy-all-user-data --permanent-irrevocable-data-loss; \
+	mkdir -p dist/home; \
+	cp $$KOLIBRI_HOME/*.sqlite3 dist/home/;
 
 setrequirements:
 	rm -r requirements.txt || true # remove requirements.txt
diff --git a/build_tools/preseed_home.py b/build_tools/preseed_home.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d479ce4dfb0..00000000000
--- a/build_tools/preseed_home.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-import os
-import shutil
-import tempfile
-
-temphome = tempfile.mkdtemp()
-os.environ["KOLIBRI_HOME"] = temphome
-
-from kolibri.main import initialize  # noqa E402
-from kolibri.deployment.default.sqlite_db_names import (  # noqa E402
-    ADDITIONAL_SQLITE_DATABASES,
-)
-from django.conf import settings  # noqa E402
-from django.core.management import call_command  # noqa E402
-
-move_to = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..", "kolibri", "dist", "home")
-shutil.rmtree(move_to, ignore_errors=True)
-os.mkdir(move_to)
-
-print("Generating preseeded home data in {}".format(temphome))
-
-initialize()
-call_command(
-    "deprovision", "--destroy-all-user-data", "--permanent-irrevocable-data-loss"
-)
-
-for db_config in settings.DATABASES.values():
-    if db_config["ENGINE"] == "django.db.backends.sqlite3":
-        shutil.move(os.path.join(temphome, db_config["NAME"]), move_to)
-
-print("Moved all preseeded home data to {}".format(move_to))
-
-shutil.rmtree(temphome)