diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index c2913df115..7d38dd5c8f 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   ([#145](https://github.com/feltcoop/gro/pull/145))
 - add task `gro server` to support the default API server use case in SvelteKit
   ([#145](https://github.com/feltcoop/gro/pull/145))
+- remove the `gro dist` task; it's now part of `gro build`
+  ([#146](https://github.com/feltcoop/gro/pull/146))
 
 ## 0.11.3
 
diff --git a/src/dist.task.ts b/src/dist.task.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fded49a13..0000000000
--- a/src/dist.task.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import type {Task} from './task/task.js';
-import {copy} from './fs/nodeFs.js';
-import {paths, toBuildOutPath} from './paths.js';
-import {isTestBuildFile, isTestBuildArtifact} from './fs/testModule.js';
-import {printPath} from './utils/print.js';
-import {clean} from './project/clean.js';
-import {loadGroConfig} from './config/config.js';
-import {configureLogLevel} from './utils/log.js';
-import {printBuildConfig} from './config/buildConfig.js';
-
-export const isDistFile = (path: string): boolean =>
-	!isTestBuildFile(path) && !isTestBuildArtifact(path);
-
-export const task: Task = {
-	description: 'create the distribution',
-	dev: false,
-	run: async ({dev, log}) => {
-		await clean({dist: true}, log);
-
-		// This reads the `dist` flag on the build configs to help construct the final dist directory.
-		// See the docs at `./docs/config.md`.
-		const config = await loadGroConfig(dev);
-		configureLogLevel(config.logLevel);
-		const buildConfigsForDist = config.builds.filter((b) => b.dist);
-		await Promise.all(
-			buildConfigsForDist.map((buildConfig) => {
-				const buildOutDir = toBuildOutPath(dev, buildConfig.name);
-				const distOutDir =
-					buildConfigsForDist.length === 1
-						? paths.dist
-						: `${paths.dist}${printBuildConfig(buildConfig)}`;
-				log.info(`copying ${printPath(buildOutDir)} to ${printPath(distOutDir)}`);
-				return copy(buildOutDir, distOutDir, {filter: (id) => isDistFile(id)});
-			}),
-		);
-	},
-};
diff --git a/src/docs/tasks.md b/src/docs/tasks.md
index 2a803d5015..c983b6565c 100644
--- a/src/docs/tasks.md
+++ b/src/docs/tasks.md
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ What is a task? See [`src/tasks/README.md`](../task).
 - [clean](../clean.task.ts) - remove temporary dev and build files
 - [deploy](../deploy.task.ts) - deploy to gh-pages
 - [dev](../dev.task.ts) - start dev server
-- [dist](../dist.task.ts) - create the distribution
 - [format](../format.task.ts) - format source files
 - [gen](../gen.task.ts) - run code generation scripts
 - [project/build](../project/build.task.ts) - build, create, and link the distribution
diff --git a/src/project/dist.task.ts b/src/project/dist.task.ts
index 7ff81d225a..f9b0e60ad6 100644
--- a/src/project/dist.task.ts
+++ b/src/project/dist.task.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,39 @@
 import type {Task} from '../task/task.js';
+import {copy} from '../fs/nodeFs.js';
+import {paths, toBuildOutPath} from '../paths.js';
+import {isTestBuildFile, isTestBuildArtifact} from '../fs/testModule.js';
+import {printPath} from '../utils/print.js';
+import {clean} from './clean.js';
+import {loadGroConfig} from '../config/config.js';
+import {configureLogLevel} from '../utils/log.js';
+import {printBuildConfig} from '../config/buildConfig.js';
 
 export const task: Task = {
 	description: 'create and link the distribution',
-	run: async ({invokeTask}) => {
-		await invokeTask('dist');
+	dev: false,
+	run: async ({invokeTask, dev, log}) => {
+		await clean({dist: true}, log);
+
+		// This reads the `dist` flag on the build configs to help construct the final dist directory.
+		// See the docs at `./docs/config.md`.
+		const config = await loadGroConfig(dev);
+		configureLogLevel(config.logLevel);
+		const buildConfigsForDist = config.builds.filter((b) => b.dist);
+		await Promise.all(
+			buildConfigsForDist.map((buildConfig) => {
+				const buildOutDir = toBuildOutPath(dev, buildConfig.name);
+				const distOutDir =
+					buildConfigsForDist.length === 1
+						? paths.dist
+						: `${paths.dist}${printBuildConfig(buildConfig)}`;
+				log.info(`copying ${printPath(buildOutDir)} to ${printPath(distOutDir)}`);
+				return copy(buildOutDir, distOutDir, {filter: (id) => isDistFile(id)});
+			}),
+		);
+
 		await invokeTask('project/link');
 	},
 };
+
+export const isDistFile = (path: string): boolean =>
+	!isTestBuildFile(path) && !isTestBuildArtifact(path);