diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 01f9a327d..26685b192 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -70,29 +70,3 @@ extends:
             displayName: 'Test'
           - script: npm run lint
             displayName: 'Lint'
-
-      - stage: Release
-        dependsOn: Build
-        jobs:
-          - job: Release
-            condition: eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/main')
-            # Output artifact to produce SBOM and to run SDL checks
-            templateContext:
-              outputs:
-              - output: pipelineArtifact
-                targetPath: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)
-                artifactName: drop
-            pool:
-              name: 1es-oss-ubuntu-22.04-x64
-              os: Linux
-            steps:
-            - task: NodeTool@0
-              inputs:
-                versionSpec: '20.x'
-              displayName: 'Install Node.js'
-            - script: |
-                npm i
-              displayName: 'Install dependencies and build'
-            - script: |
-                NPM_AUTH_TOKEN="$(NPM_AUTH_TOKEN)" node ./scripts/publish.js
-              displayName: 'Publish to npm'
diff --git a/publish.yml b/publish.yml
index 9406cc3b2..9e50de0b9 100644
--- a/publish.yml
+++ b/publish.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 name: $(Date:yyyyMMdd)$(Rev:.r)
 
+pr: none
 trigger:
   branches:
-    include:
-      - main
-pr: none
+    include: ["main"]
 
 resources:
   repositories:
diff --git a/scripts/publish.js b/scripts/publish.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a1b2f449..000000000
--- a/scripts/publish.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2019, Microsoft Corporation (MIT License).
- */
-
-const cp = require('child_process');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-const packageJson = require('../package.json');
-
-// Setup auth
-fs.writeFileSync(`${process.env['HOME']}/.npmrc`, `//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${process.env['NPM_AUTH_TOKEN']}`);
-
-// Determine if this is a stable or beta release
-const publishedVersions = getPublishedVersions();
-const isStableRelease = !publishedVersions.includes(packageJson.version);
-
-// Get the next version
-const nextVersion = isStableRelease ? packageJson.version : getNextBetaVersion();
-console.log(`Setting version to ${nextVersion}`);
-
-// Set the version in package.json
-const packageJsonFile = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'package.json');
-packageJson.version = nextVersion;
-fs.writeFileSync(packageJsonFile, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2));
-
-// Publish
-const args = ['publish'];
-if (!isStableRelease) {
-  args.push('--tag', 'beta');
-}
-const result = cp.spawn('npm', args, { stdio: 'inherit' });
-result.on('exit', code => process.exit(code));
-
-function getNextBetaVersion() {
-  if (!/^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/.exec(packageJson.version)) {
-    console.error('The package.json version must be of the form x.y.z');
-    process.exit(1);
-  }
-  const tag = 'beta';
-  const stableVersion = packageJson.version.split('.');
-  const nextStableVersion = `${stableVersion[0]}.${parseInt(stableVersion[1]) + 1}.0`;
-  const publishedVersions = getPublishedVersions(nextStableVersion, tag);
-  if (publishedVersions.length === 0) {
-    return `${nextStableVersion}-${tag}1`;
-  }
-  const latestPublishedVersion = publishedVersions.sort((a, b) => {
-    const aVersion = parseInt(a.substr(a.search(/[0-9]+$/)));
-    const bVersion = parseInt(b.substr(b.search(/[0-9]+$/)));
-    return aVersion > bVersion ? -1 : 1;
-  })[0];
-  const latestTagVersion = parseInt(latestPublishedVersion.substr(latestPublishedVersion.search(/[0-9]+$/)), 10);
-  return `${nextStableVersion}-${tag}${latestTagVersion + 1}`;
-}
-
-function getPublishedVersions(version, tag) {
-  const isWin32 = process.platform === 'win32';
-  const versionsProcess = isWin32 ?
-    cp.spawnSync('npm.cmd', ['view', packageJson.name, 'versions', '--json'], { shell: true }) :
-    cp.spawnSync('npm', ['view', packageJson.name, 'versions', '--json']);
-  const versionsJson = JSON.parse(versionsProcess.stdout);
-  if (tag) {
-    return versionsJson.filter(v => !v.search(new RegExp(`${version}-${tag}[0-9]+`)));
-  }
-  return versionsJson;
-}