diff --git a/src/binding_generator/bin_binding.rs b/src/binding_generator/bin_binding.rs
index e359d2961..178669945 100644
--- a/src/binding_generator/bin_binding.rs
+++ b/src/binding_generator/bin_binding.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ impl<'m> BindingGenerator for BinBindingGenerator<'m> {
 
         let scripts_dir = self.metadata.get_data_dir().join("scripts");
 
-        let mut additional_files = None;
+        let mut additional_files = HashMap::new();
 
         let artifact_target = if self.use_shim {
             // The real binary goes into platlib at {dist}.scripts/{bin_name}
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@ impl<'m> BindingGenerator for BinBindingGenerator<'m> {
             // the shim entry in .data/scripts/.
             let shim_name = bin_name.strip_suffix(".exe").unwrap_or(&bin_name);
 
-            let mut files = HashMap::new();
-            files.insert(
+            additional_files.insert(
                 scripts_dir.join(shim_name),
                 ArchiveSource::Generated(GeneratedSourceData {
                     data: generate_script_shim(&shim_path_str, &libs_dir_name).into(),
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ impl<'m> BindingGenerator for BinBindingGenerator<'m> {
                     executable: true,
                 }),
             );
-            additional_files = Some(files);
             ArtifactTarget::Binary(real_bin_dir.join(&bin_name))
         } else {
             ArtifactTarget::Binary(scripts_dir.join(&bin_name))
@@ -90,8 +88,7 @@ impl<'m> BindingGenerator for BinBindingGenerator<'m> {
             update_entry_points(self.metadata, &bin_name)?;
 
             let dist_name = self.metadata.get_distribution_escaped();
-            let files = additional_files.get_or_insert_with(HashMap::new);
-            files.insert(
+            additional_files.insert(
                 Path::new(&dist_name)
                     .join(bin_name.replace('-', "_"))
                     .with_extension("py"),
diff --git a/src/binding_generator/cffi_binding.rs b/src/binding_generator/cffi_binding.rs
index 52e38b784..9322ee509 100644
--- a/src/binding_generator/cffi_binding.rs
+++ b/src/binding_generator/cffi_binding.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ impl<'a> BindingGenerator for CffiBindingGenerator<'a> {
         Ok(GeneratorOutput {
             artifact_target,
             artifact_source_override: None,
-            additional_files: Some(additional_files),
+            additional_files,
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/binding_generator/mod.rs b/src/binding_generator/mod.rs
index 1a18e587c..50bb95eb3 100644
--- a/src/binding_generator/mod.rs
+++ b/src/binding_generator/mod.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pub(crate) struct GeneratorOutput {
 
     /// Additional files to be installed (e.g. __init__.py)
     /// The provided PathBuf should be relative to the archive root
-    additional_files: Option<HashMap<PathBuf, ArchiveSource>>,
+    additional_files: HashMap<PathBuf, ArchiveSource>,
 }
 
 /// Every binding generator ultimately has to install the following:
@@ -200,25 +200,23 @@ where
                 }
 
                 // 3a. Install additional files
-                if let Some(additional_files) = additional_files {
-                    for (target, source) in additional_files {
-                        let target = base_path.join(target);
-                        fs::create_dir_all(target.parent().unwrap())?;
-                        debug!("Generating file {}", target.display());
-                        let mut options = File::options();
-                        options.write(true).create(true).truncate(true);
-                        #[cfg(unix)]
-                        {
-                            options.mode(default_permission(source.executable()));
-                        }
+                for (target, source) in additional_files {
+                    let target = base_path.join(target);
+                    fs::create_dir_all(target.parent().unwrap())?;
+                    debug!("Generating file {}", target.display());
+                    let mut options = File::options();
+                    options.write(true).create(true).truncate(true);
+                    #[cfg(unix)]
+                    {
+                        options.mode(default_permission(source.executable()));
+                    }
 
-                        let mut file = options.open(&target)?;
-                        match source {
-                            ArchiveSource::Generated(source) => file.write_all(&source.data)?,
-                            ArchiveSource::File(source) => {
-                                let mut source = File::options().read(true).open(source.path)?;
-                                io::copy(&mut source, &mut file)?;
-                            }
+                    let mut file = options.open(&target)?;
+                    match source {
+                        ArchiveSource::Generated(source) => file.write_all(&source.data)?,
+                        ArchiveSource::File(source) => {
+                            let mut source = File::options().read(true).open(source.path)?;
+                            io::copy(&mut source, &mut file)?;
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -252,12 +250,10 @@ where
                 writer.add_file_force(artifact_target.path(), source, true)?;
 
                 // 3b. Install additional files
-                if let Some(additional_files) = additional_files {
-                    for (target, source) in additional_files {
-                        debug!("Generating archive entry {}", target.display());
-                        // Use add_entry_force to bypass exclusion checks for generated binding files
-                        writer.add_entry_force(target, source)?;
-                    }
+                for (target, source) in additional_files {
+                    debug!("Generating archive entry {}", target.display());
+                    // Use add_entry_force to bypass exclusion checks for generated binding files
+                    writer.add_entry_force(target, source)?;
                 }
 
                 // 4b. Install import library on Windows
diff --git a/src/binding_generator/pyo3_binding.rs b/src/binding_generator/pyo3_binding.rs
index acce3ca25..b3c74d089 100644
--- a/src/binding_generator/pyo3_binding.rs
+++ b/src/binding_generator/pyo3_binding.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ if hasattr({ext_name}, "__all__"):
         Ok(GeneratorOutput {
             artifact_target,
             artifact_source_override,
-            additional_files: Some(additional_files),
+            additional_files,
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/binding_generator/uniffi_binding.rs b/src/binding_generator/uniffi_binding.rs
index 30d090dbe..32eb8516c 100644
--- a/src/binding_generator/uniffi_binding.rs
+++ b/src/binding_generator/uniffi_binding.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ impl BindingGenerator for UniFfiBindingGenerator {
         Ok(GeneratorOutput {
             artifact_target,
             artifact_source_override: None,
-            additional_files: Some(additional_files),
+            additional_files,
         })
     }
 }