diff --git a/.release b/.release
deleted file mode 100755
index b6a707e..0000000
--- a/.release
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# This file is executed by the `release` script from
-# https://github.com/gap-system/ReleaseTools
-rm -rf .travis.yml .codecov.yml