diff --git a/build/gh-release.js b/build/gh-release.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 00a98ccfd1..0000000000
--- a/build/gh-release.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-console */
-
-const ghrelease = require('gh-release');
-const currentChangelog = require('./current-changelog.js');
-const safeParse = require('safe-json-parse/tuple');
-const pkg = require('../package.json');
-const options = {
-  owner: 'videojs',
-  repo: 'video.js',
-  body: currentChangelog(),
-  assets: ['./dist/video-js-' + pkg.version + '.zip'],
-  endpoint: 'https://api.github.com',
-  auth: {
-    username: process.env.VJS_GITHUB_USER,
-    password: process.env.VJS_GITHUB_TOKEN
-  }
-};
-
-let i = process.argv.length;
-
-while (i--) {
-  const arg = process.argv[i];
-
-  if (arg === '-p' || arg === '--prerelease') {
-    options.prerelease = true;
-  }
-}
-
-const tuple = safeParse(process.env.npm_config_argv);
-const npmargs = tuple[0] ? [] : tuple[1].cooked;
-
-if (npmargs.some(function(arg) {
-  return /next/.test(arg);
-})) {
-  options.prerelease = true;
-}
-
-ghrelease(options, function(err, result) {
-  if (err) {
-    console.error('Unable to publish release to github');
-    console.error('err:', err);
-    console.error('result:', result);
-  } else {
-    console.log('Publish release to github!');
-  }
-});
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 384e981c76..b28e60ad99 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
     "netlify": "node ./build/netlify.js",
     "netlify-docs": "node ./build/netlify-docs.js",
     "prepublishOnly": "run-p build",
-    "publish": "node build/gh-release.js",
     "version": "is-prerelease || npm run changelog && git add CHANGELOG.md",
     "zip": "cd dist && cross-env bestzip \"./video-js-${npm_package_version}.zip\" * && cd .."
   },