diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index e2c630c3ba3f87..67d42ba95d12bb 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -140,25 +140,6 @@ TODO: Documentation update procedure is WIP as we move to gitbook
 
 Document the new recommended version by updating `book/src/running-archiver.md` and `book/src/validator-testnet.md` on the release (beta) branch to point at the `solana-install` for the upcoming release version.
 
-#### Publish updated Book
-We maintain three copies of the "book" as official documentation:
-
-1) "Book" is the documentation for the latest official release.  This should get manually updated whenever a new release is made.  It is published here:
-https://solana-labs.github.io/book/
-
-2) "Book-edge" tracks the tip of the master branch and updates automatically.
-https://solana-labs.github.io/book-edge/
-
-3) "Book-beta" tracks the tip of the beta branch and updates automatically.
-https://solana-labs.github.io/book-beta/
-
-To manually trigger an update of the "Book", create a new job of the manual-update-book pipeline.
-Set the tag of the latest release as the PUBLISH_BOOK_TAG environment variable.
-```bash
-PUBLISH_BOOK_TAG=v0.16.6
-```
-https://buildkite.com/solana-labs/manual-update-book
-
 ### Update software on testnet.solana.com
 
 The testnet running on testnet.solana.com is set to use a fixed release tag
diff --git a/ci/publish-book.sh b/ci/publish-book.sh
index 60a0593ec201f7..73028c85592996 100755
--- a/ci/publish-book.sh
+++ b/ci/publish-book.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ me=$(basename "$0")
 echo --- update gitbook-cage
 if [[ -n $CI_BRANCH ]]; then
   (
-
     set -x
     (
       . ci/rust-version.sh stable
@@ -25,74 +24,8 @@ if [[ -n $CI_BRANCH ]]; then
       git reset --hard HEAD~
     fi
   )
-fi
-
-
-source ci/rust-version.sh stable
-eval "$(ci/channel-info.sh)"
-
-if [[ -n $PUBLISH_BOOK_TAG ]]; then
-  CURRENT_TAG="$(git describe --tags)"
-  COMMIT_TO_PUBLISH="$(git rev-list -n 1 "${PUBLISH_BOOK_TAG}")"
-
-  # book is manually published at a specified release tag
-  if [[ $PUBLISH_BOOK_TAG != "$CURRENT_TAG" ]]; then
-    (
-      cat <<EOF
-steps:
-  - trigger: "$BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG"
-    async: true
-    build:
-      message: "$BUILDKITE_MESSAGE"
-      commit: "$COMMIT_TO_PUBLISH"
-      env:
-        PUBLISH_BOOK_TAG: "$PUBLISH_BOOK_TAG"
-EOF
-    ) | buildkite-agent pipeline upload
-    exit 0
-  fi
-  repo=git@github.com:solana-labs/book.git
-  BOOK="book"
 else
-  # book-edge and book-beta are published automatically on the tip of the branch
-  case $CHANNEL in
-  edge)
-    repo=git@github.com:solana-labs/book-edge.git
-    ;;
-  beta)
-    repo=git@github.com:solana-labs/book-beta.git
-    ;;
-  *)
-   echo "--- publish skipped"
-   exit 0
-   ;;
-  esac
-  BOOK=$CHANNEL
+  echo CI_BRANCH not set
 fi
 
-ci/docker-run.sh "$rust_stable_docker_image" bash -exc "book/build.sh"
-
-echo --- create book repo
-(
-  set -x
-  cd book/html/
-  git init .
-  git add ./* ./.nojekyll
-  git config user.email maintainers@solana.com
-  git config user.name "$me"
-  git commit -m "${CI_COMMIT:-local}"
-)
-
-echo "--- publish $BOOK"
-(
-  cd book/html/
-  git remote add origin $repo
-  git fetch origin master
-  if ! git diff HEAD origin/master --quiet; then
-    git push -f origin HEAD:master
-  else
-    echo "Content unchanged, publish skipped"
-  fi
-)
-
 exit 0