diff --git a/.Rbuildignore_CRAN b/.Rbuildignore_CRAN
index 156e438..0684a01 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore_CRAN
+++ b/.Rbuildignore_CRAN
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 vignettes/precompute_vignettes.R
 vignettes/*.Rmd.orig
 
+^tests$
 ^vignettes/images$
 ^vignettes/create-logo.Rmd$
 ^vignettes/geometry-based-pattern-parameters.Rmd$
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index af756b4..2074554 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Package: ggpattern
 Type: Package
 Title: 'ggplot2' Pattern Geoms
-Version: 0.4.1
+Version: 0.4.2
 Authors@R: c(person("Mike", "FC", role = "aut",
                     email = "mikefc@coolbutuseless.com"),
              person("Trevor L", "Davis", role = c("aut", "cre"),
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 57315c1..2e0a708 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# ggpattern 0.4.1
+# ggpattern 0.4.2
 
 ## Breaking changes
 
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
index d54e1a7..1e712b9 100644
--- a/cran-comments.md
+++ b/cran-comments.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+As requested by Dr. Uwe Ligges I have reduced the size of the package tarball
+under 5 MB by omitting the package (visual) unit tests 
+and omitting seven package vignettes.
+
 ## Test environments
 
 * win-builder (windows, R devel)
@@ -22,5 +26,5 @@ Possibly misspelled words in DESCRIPTION:
   geoms (10:33)
 ```
 
-"geoms" is not misspelled.  Other R packages such as {ggforce} use it
-in their DESCRIPTION without quotes.
+"geoms" is not misspelled.  Other CRAN packages such as {ggforce} 
+use it in their DESCRIPTION without quotes.