diff --git a/tools/release b/tools/release
index ffc7e63..5164a2b 100755
--- a/tools/release
+++ b/tools/release
@@ -1,86 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 """IPython release script.
 
-This should ONLY be run at real release time.
-"""
-from __future__ import print_function
-
-import os
-from glob import glob
-from pathlib import Path
-from subprocess import call
-import sys
-
-from toollib import (get_ipdir, cd, execfile, sh, archive,
-         archive_user, archive_dir)
-
-# Get main ipython dir, this will raise if it doesn't pass some checks
-ipdir = get_ipdir()
-tooldir = ipdir / 'tools'
-distdir = ipdir / 'dist'
-
-# Where I keep static backups of each release
-ipbackupdir = Path('~/ipython/backup').expanduser()
-if not ipbackupdir.exists():
-    ipbackupdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-
-# Start in main IPython dir
-cd(ipdir)
-
-# Load release info
-version = None
-execfile(Path('IPython','core','release.py'), globals())
-
-# Build site addresses for file uploads
-release_site = '%s/release/%s' % (archive, version)
-backup_site =  '%s/backup/' % archive
-
-# Start actual release process
-print()
-print('Releasing IPython')
-print('=================')
-print()
-print('Version:', version)
-print()
-print('Source IPython directory:', ipdir)
-print()
-
-# Perform local backup, go to tools dir to run it.
-cd(tooldir)
+Deprecated
 
-if 'upload' in sys.argv:
-    cd(distdir)
-
-    # do not upload OS specific files like .DS_Store
-    to_upload = glob('*.whl')+glob('*.tar.gz')
-
-    # Make target dir if it doesn't exist
-    print('1. Uploading IPython to archive.ipython.org')
-    sh('ssh %s "mkdir -p %s/release/%s" ' % (archive_user, archive_dir, version))
-    sh('scp *.tar.gz *.whl %s' % release_site)
-
-    print('2. Uploading backup files...')
-    cd(ipbackupdir)
-    sh('scp `ls -1tr *tgz | tail -1` %s' % backup_site)
-
-    print('3. Uploading to PyPI using twine')
-    cd(distdir)
-    call(['twine', 'upload', '--verbose'] + to_upload)
-
-else:
-    # Build, but don't upload
-
-    # Make backup tarball
-    sh('python make_tarball.py')
-    sh('mv ipython-*.tgz %s' % ipbackupdir)
-
-    # Build release files
-    sh('./build_release')
-
-    cd(ipdir)
-
-    print("`./release upload` to upload source distribution on PyPI and ipython archive")
-    sys.exit(0)
+"""
+sys.exit("deprecated")
 
 
 
diff --git a/tools/release_helper.sh b/tools/release_helper.sh
index df1ca0d..08c8f6b 100644
--- a/tools/release_helper.sh
+++ b/tools/release_helper.sh
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ then
     echo
     echo $BLUE"Attempting to build package..."$NOR
 
-    tools/release
+    tools/build_release
 
 
     echo $RED'$ shasum -a 256 dist/*'
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ then
     echo
     echo $BLUE"Attempting to build package..."$NOR
 
-    tools/release
+    tools/build_release
 
     echo $RED"Check the shasum for SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"
     echo $RED'$ shasum -a 256 dist/*'
@@ -254,6 +254,6 @@ then
 
     if ask_section "upload packages ?"
     then
-       tools/release upload
+       twine upload --verbose dist/*.tar.gz dist/*.whl
     fi
 fi