diff --git a/script/publish-complete.ts b/script/publish-complete.ts
deleted file mode 100755
index a3bdceae07..0000000000
--- a/script/publish-complete.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bun
-
-import { Script } from "@opencode-ai/script"
-import { $ } from "bun"
-
-if (!Script.preview) {
-  await $`gh release edit v${Script.version} --draft=false`
-}
-
-await $`bun install`
-
-await $`gh release download --pattern "opencode-linux-*64.tar.gz" --pattern "opencode-darwin-*64.zip" -D dist`
-
-await import(`../packages/opencode/script/publish-registries.ts`)
diff --git a/script/publish.ts b/script/publish.ts
index bfd75fa32b..fd0e2dcf73 100755
--- a/script/publish.ts
+++ b/script/publish.ts
@@ -32,16 +32,8 @@ Add highlights before publishing. Delete this section if no highlights.
 
 `
 
-let notes: string[] = []
-
 console.log("=== publishing ===\n")
 
-if (!Script.preview) {
-  const previous = await getLatestRelease()
-  notes = await buildNotes(previous, "HEAD")
-  // notes.unshift(highlightsTemplate)
-}
-
 const pkgjsons = await Array.fromAsync(
   new Bun.Glob("**/package.json").scan({
     absolute: true,
@@ -66,6 +58,9 @@ await $`bun install`
 await import(`../packages/sdk/js/script/build.ts`)
 
 if (Script.release) {
+  const previous = await getLatestRelease()
+  const notes = await buildNotes(previous, "HEAD")
+  // notes.unshift(highlightsTemplate)
   await $`git commit -am "release: v${Script.version}"`
   await $`git tag v${Script.version}`
   await $`git fetch origin`