diff --git a/buildscripts/package_test_internal.py b/buildscripts/package_test_internal.py
index fa3e2ac0e70..b923a0e6f77 100644
--- a/buildscripts/package_test_internal.py
+++ b/buildscripts/package_test_internal.py
@@ -259,6 +259,23 @@ def get_test_args(package_manager: str, package_files: List[str]) -> TestArgs:
 def setup(test_args: TestArgs):
     logging.info("Setting up test environment.")
 
+    # TODO SERVER-70425: We can remove these once we have figured out why
+    # packager.py sometimes uses distro files from older revisions.
+    # Remove the PIDFile, PermissionsStartOnly, and Type configurations from
+    # the systemd service file because they are not needed for simple-type
+    # (non-forking) services and confuse the systemd emulator script.
+    run_and_log("sed -Ei '/^PIDFile=|PermissionsStartOnly=|Type=/d' {}/mongod.service".format(
+        test_args["systemd_units_dir"]))
+    # Ensure RuntimeDirectory has been added to the systemd unit file.
+    run_and_log("sed -Ei '/^ExecStart=.*/a RuntimeDirectory=mongodb' {}/mongod.service".format(
+        test_args["systemd_units_dir"]))
+    # Remove the journal: line (and the next) from mongod.conf, which is a
+    # removed configuration. The Debian version of the config never got updated.
+    run_and_log("sed -i '/journal:/,+1d' /etc/mongod.conf")
+    # Remove fork: and pidFilePath: from mongod.conf because we want mongod to be
+    # a non-forking service under systemd.
+    run_and_log("sed -Ei '/fork:|pidFilePath:/d' /etc/mongod.conf")
+
     # Ensure systemd doesn't try to start anything automatically so we can do
     # it in our tests
     run_and_log("mkdir -p /run/systemd/system")
diff --git a/buildscripts/packager_enterprise.py b/buildscripts/packager_enterprise.py
index 25ceffc1dc2..ea89dc94633 100755
--- a/buildscripts/packager_enterprise.py
+++ b/buildscripts/packager_enterprise.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 # echo "Now put the dist gnupg signing keys in ~root/.gnupg"
 
 import errno
+from glob import glob
 import os
 import re
 import shutil
@@ -35,8 +36,6 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
 
-from glob import glob
-
 sys.path.append(os.getcwd())
 
 import packager  # pylint: disable=wrong-import-position
@@ -255,8 +254,8 @@ def make_package(distro, build_os, arch, spec, srcdir):
         # FIXME: sh-dash-cee is bad. See if tarfile can do this.
         packager.sysassert([
             "sh", "-c",
-            "(cd \"%s\" && GIT_HASH=$(git stash create) && git archive \"${GIT_HASH}\" %s/ )"
-            "| (cd \"%s\" && tar xvf -)" % (srcdir, pkgdir, sdir)
+            "(cd \"%s\" && git archive %s %s/ ) | (cd \"%s\" && tar xvf -)" %
+            (srcdir, spec.metadata_gitspec(), pkgdir, sdir)
         ])
     # Splat the binaries under sdir.  The "build" stages of the
     # packaging infrastructure will move the files to wherever they
diff --git a/site_scons/site_tools/distsrc.py b/site_scons/site_tools/distsrc.py
index 33b63d3d8d4..83f47f2ab3f 100644
--- a/site_scons/site_tools/distsrc.py
+++ b/site_scons/site_tools/distsrc.py
@@ -20,19 +20,18 @@
 # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 #
 
-import io
+import SCons
 import os
 import os.path as ospath
-import shutil
 import subprocess
+import shutil
 import tarfile
 import time
 import zipfile
+import io
 
 from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 
-import SCons
-
 __distsrc_callbacks = []
 
 
@@ -175,7 +174,6 @@ def distsrc_action_generator(source, target, env, for_signature):
     # This is done in two stages because env.WhereIs doesn't seem to work
     # correctly on Windows, but we still want to be able to override the PATH
     # using the env.
-
     git_path = env.WhereIs("git")
     if not git_path:
         git_path = find_executable("git")
@@ -194,22 +192,11 @@ def distsrc_action_generator(source, target, env, for_signature):
         print("Invalid file format for distsrc. Must be tar or zip file")
         env.Exit(1)
 
-    def create_archive(target=None, source=None, env=None):
-        stash_id = subprocess.check_output([git_path, "stash", "create"]).decode("utf-8").strip()
-        subprocess.check_call([
-            git_path,
-            "archive",
-            "--format",
-            target_ext,
-            "--output",
-            str(target[0]),
-            "--prefix",
-            env["MONGO_DIST_SRC_PREFIX"],
-            stash_id,
-        ])
+    git_cmd = ('"%s" archive --format %s --output %s --prefix ${MONGO_DIST_SRC_PREFIX} HEAD' %
+               (git_path, target_ext, target[0]))
 
     return [
-        SCons.Action.Action(create_archive, "Creating archive for $TARGET"),
+        SCons.Action.Action(git_cmd, "Running git archive for $TARGET"),
         SCons.Action.Action(
             run_distsrc_callbacks,
             "Running distsrc callbacks for $TARGET",