diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 671a8abb..6bb8f7f4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ vendor
 # npm
 node_modules
 
-# created by release.sh
-releases
-tmp
-
 config.local.php
 
 # all custom templates
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
deleted file mode 100644
index 16d5c109..00000000
--- a/VERSION
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0.9.0-dev
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diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 6bf99385..00000000
--- a/release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-#
-# myaac release script
-#
-# places compressed archives into releases/ directory
-#
-
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-	echo "No arguments supplied"
-	echo "Usage: release.sh prepare/pack"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ $1 = "prepare" ]; then
-	# define release version
-	version=`cat VERSION`
-
-	echo "Preparing to release version $version of the MyAAC Project!"
-
-	# make required directories
-	mkdir -p releases
-	mkdir -p tmp
-
-	# get myaac from git archive
-	git archive --format zip --output tmp/myaac.zip master
-
-	cd tmp/
-
-	dir="myaac-$version"
-	if [ -d "$dir" ] ; then
-		echo "Fatal error: Version $version already exists!!"
-		exit
-	fi
-
-	unzip -q myaac.zip -d $dir
-	rm myaac.zip
-
-	echo "Now you can make changes to $dir. When you are ready, type 'release.sh pack'"
-	exit
-fi
-
-if [ $1 = "pack" ]; then
-	# define release version
-	version=`cat VERSION`
-
-	cd tmp
-
-	# tar.gz
-	echo "Creating .tar.gz package.."
-	file="myaac-$version.tar.gz"
-	tar -czf $file *
-	mv $file ../releases/
-
-	# zip
-	echo "Creating .zip package.."
-	file="myaac-$version.zip"
-	zip -rq $file *
-	mv $file ../releases/
-
-	cd ..
-	rm -R tmp
-	echo "Done. Released files can be found in 'releases' directory."
-
-	exit
-fi
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