diff --git a/bin/prepare-release b/bin/prepare-release
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index 53f0947a..00000000
--- a/bin/prepare-release
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env sh
-
-# Usage: ./bin/prepare-release x.y.z
-# x.y.z should be semver (e.g. 1.0.0)
-
-set -e
-
-NEW_VERSION=$1
-CURRENT_PACKAGE_JSON_VERSION=$(cat package.json \
-  | grep version \
-  | head -1 \
-  | awk -F: '{ print $2 }' \
-  | sed 's/[",]//g' \
-  | tr -d '[[:space:]]')
-
-# Build xterm.js into `dist`
-export BUILD_DIR=dist
-npm run build
-
-# Update version in package.json
-sed -i "s/\"version\": \"$CURRENT_PACKAGE_JSON_VERSION\"/\"version\": \"$NEW_VERSION\"/g" package.json
-
-git commit -S -s -a -m "Bump version to $NEW_VERSION"
-git tag $NEW_VERSION
diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
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index 5cdd85e4..00000000
--- a/bin/release
+++ /dev/null
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-#! /usr/bin/env sh
-
-# Usage: ./bin/release x.y.z
-# x.y.z should be semver (e.g. 1.0.0)
-
-set -e
-
-if [ -z "$1" ];
-  then
-    echo "No version supplied. Please a version argument\n"
-    echo "Usage: $0 VERSION\n"
-    echo "Example: $0 1.0.0"
-    exit
-fi
-
-NEW_VERSION=$1
-
-./bin/prepare-release $NEW_VERSION
-
-git push && \
-git push --tags && \
-npm publish