diff --git a/lib/ios-fs-helpers.js b/lib/ios-fs-helpers.js
index 7503490b7..248df25d2 100644
--- a/lib/ios-fs-helpers.js
+++ b/lib/ios-fs-helpers.js
@@ -198,15 +198,25 @@ async function pushFolder(afcService, srcRootPath, dstRootPath, opts = {}) {
   const {timeoutMs = IO_TIMEOUT_MS, enableParallelPush = false} = opts;
 
   const timer = new timing.Timer().start();
-  const itemsToPush = await fs.glob('**', {
-    cwd: srcRootPath,
-    mark: true,
-  });
+  const allItems = /** @type {import('path-scurry').Path[]} */ (/** @type {unknown} */ (
+    await fs.glob('**', {
+      cwd: srcRootPath,
+      withFileTypes: true,
+    }))
+  );
   log.debug(`Successfully scanned the tree structure of '${srcRootPath}'`);
-  const [foldersToPush, filesToPush] = itemsToPush.reduce((acc, x) => {
-    acc[_.endsWith(x, path.sep) ? 0 : 1].push(x);
-    return acc;
-  }, /** @type {[string[], string[]]} */ ([[], []]));
+  // top-level folders go first
+  /** @type {string[]} */
+  const foldersToPush = allItems
+    .filter((x) => x.isDirectory())
+    .map((x) => x.relative())
+    .sort((a, b) => a.split(path.sep).length - b.split(path.sep).length);
+  // larger files go first
+  /** @type {string[]} */
+  const filesToPush = allItems
+    .filter((x) => !x.isDirectory())
+    .sort((a, b) => (b.size ?? 0) - (a.size ?? 0))
+    .map((x) => x.relative());
   log.debug(
     `Got ${util.pluralize('folder', foldersToPush.length, true)} and ` +
       `${util.pluralize('file', filesToPush.length, true)} to push`,
@@ -216,11 +226,7 @@ async function pushFolder(afcService, srcRootPath, dstRootPath, opts = {}) {
     await afcService.deleteDirectory(dstRootPath);
   } catch (ign) {}
   await afcService.createDirectory(dstRootPath);
-  // top-level folders must go first
-  const foldersToPushByHierarchy = foldersToPush.sort(
-    (a, b) => a.split(path.sep).length - b.split(path.sep).length,
-  );
-  for (const relativeFolderPath of foldersToPushByHierarchy) {
+  for (const relativeFolderPath of foldersToPush) {
     // createDirectory does not accept folder names ending with a path separator
     const absoluteFolderPath = _.trimEnd(path.join(dstRootPath, relativeFolderPath), path.sep);
     if (absoluteFolderPath) {
@@ -265,7 +271,7 @@ async function pushFolder(afcService, srcRootPath, dstRootPath, opts = {}) {
   if (enableParallelPush) {
     log.debug(`Proceeding to parallel files push (max ${MAX_IO_CHUNK_SIZE} writers)`);
     const pushPromises = [];
-    for (const relativeFilePath of _.shuffle(filesToPush)) {
+    for (const relativeFilePath of filesToPush) {
       pushPromises.push(B.resolve(pushFile(relativeFilePath)));
       // keep the push queue filled
       if (pushPromises.length >= MAX_IO_CHUNK_SIZE) {