diff --git a/.github/scripts/release.py b/.github/scripts/release.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 686c513..0000000
--- a/.github/scripts/release.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import json
-import subprocess
-
-
-def get_last_version() -> str:
-    """Return the version number of the last release."""
-    json_string = (
-        subprocess.run(
-            ["gh", "release", "view", "--json", "tagName"],
-            check=True,
-            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
-        )
-        .stdout.decode("utf8")
-        .strip()
-    )
-
-    return json.loads(json_string)["tagName"]
-
-
-def bump_patch_number(version_number: str) -> str:
-    """Return a copy of `version_number` with the patch number incremented."""
-    major, minor, patch = version_number.split(".")
-    return f"{major}.{minor}.{int(patch) + 1}"
-
-
-def create_new_patch_release():
-    """Create a new patch release on GitHub."""
-    try:
-        last_version_number = get_last_version()
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
-        if err.stderr.decode("utf8").startswith("HTTP 404:"):
-            # The project doesn't have any releases yet.
-            new_version_number = "0.0.1"
-        else:
-            raise
-    else:
-        new_version_number = bump_patch_number(last_version_number)
-
-    subprocess.run(
-        ["gh", "release", "create", "--generate-notes", new_version_number],
-        check=True,
-    )
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    create_new_patch_release()
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