diff --git a/src/dragon/config/rules.yml b/src/dragon/config/rules.yml
index d3b1994ac..da5efce07 100644
--- a/src/dragon/config/rules.yml
+++ b/src/dragon/config/rules.yml
@@ -65,10 +65,6 @@ bundle:
   name: "Bundle Resources"
   desc: "Copying Bundle Resources"
   cmd: "mkdir -p $dragon_data_dir/_$location/ && cp -R $resource_dir/ $dragon_data_dir/_$location"
-plist:
-  name: "plutil compilation"
-  desc: "Compiling $in"
-  cmd: "$plutil -convert binary1 $in -o $out"
 debug:
   name: "DsymUtil"
   desc: "Generating Debug Symbols for $name"
diff --git a/src/dragon/shscripts/building b/src/dragon/shscripts/building
index 2da1945c6..ed663e1e9 100644
--- a/src/dragon/shscripts/building
+++ b/src/dragon/shscripts/building
@@ -77,6 +77,35 @@ build()
         true
     else
         cp -R $DRAGON_DIR/_ "$DRAGON_DATA_DIR" 2>/dev/null
+
+        if [[ $release -eq 1 ]]; then
+            if command -v plutil &> /dev/null; then
+                cmd=plutil
+            elif command -v ply &> /dev/null; then
+                cmd=ply
+            elif command -v plistutill &> /dev/null; then
+                cmd=plistutil
+            fi
+
+            if ! [[ -z $cmd ]]; then
+                prefix_print "Converting plist/xml resources to binary"
+                find "$DRAGON_DATA_DIR" \( -name \*.plist -o -name \*.strings \) | while read i; do
+                    head="$(od -c "$i" | head)"
+                    clean_head="${head//[^[:alpha:]]/}"
+                    magic_bytes="${clean_head:0:6}"
+
+                    if ! [[ $magic_bytes == bplist ]]; then
+                        if [[ $cmd == plutil ]]; then
+                            plutil -convert binary1 "$i"
+                        elif [[ $cmd == ply ]]; then
+                            ply -c binary "$i"
+                        else
+                            plistutil -i "$i" -f bin -o "$i"
+                        fi
+                    fi
+                done
+            fi
+        fi
     fi
 
     cd "$projroot" || drexit
diff --git a/src/dragongen/generation.py b/src/dragongen/generation.py
index 8d8fc1bac..0ae6dc4ba 100644
--- a/src/dragongen/generation.py
+++ b/src/dragongen/generation.py
@@ -213,8 +213,6 @@ def generate_vars(self, module_variables: dict, target: str) -> dict:
             project_dict['lipo'] = toolchain.lipo
         if 'dsym' not in project_dict:
             project_dict['dsym'] = toolchain.dsym
-        if 'plutil' not in project_dict:
-            project_dict['plutil'] = toolchain.plutil
         if 'ld' not in project_dict:
             project_dict['ld'] = toolchain.ld
         if 'codesign' not in project_dict:
@@ -410,7 +408,6 @@ def generate_ninja_outline(self) -> list:
             Var('lipo'),
             Var('logos'),
             Var('optool'),
-            Var('plutil'),
             Var('swift'),
             ___,
             Var('targetvers'),
diff --git a/src/dragongen/toolchain.py b/src/dragongen/toolchain.py
index 558b30e9b..43f50cb4b 100644
--- a/src/dragongen/toolchain.py
+++ b/src/dragongen/toolchain.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.ld = ""
         self.codesign = ""
         self.dsym = ""
-        self.plutil = ""
         self.lipo = ""
         self.tapi = ""
 
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ def locate_macos_toolchain(cls, use_objcs: bool):
         tc.ld = tc_dir + 'clang++'
         tc.codesign = 'ldid'
         tc.dsym = tc_dir + 'dsymutil'
-        tc.plutil = 'plutil'
         # FIXME: hardcoded while I wait on a real distribution of llvm-objcs
         if use_objcs:
             tc.lipo = '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/bin/lipo'
@@ -79,7 +77,6 @@ def locate_linux_toolchain(cls, use_objcs: bool):
         tc.ld = tc_dir + 'clang++'
         tc.codesign = tc_dir + 'ldid'
         tc.dsym = tc_dir + 'dsymutil'
-        tc.plutil = 'plutil' # TODO: fixme
         tc.lipo = tc_dir + 'lipo'
         tc.tapi = tc_dir + 'tapi'