diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 9ebb93d28..c3778ad4b 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import sbtrelease.ReleasePlugin.ReleaseKeys.{ publishArtifactsAction, versionBump }
-import sbtrelease.Version.Bump
 
-lazy val releaseSettings = sbtrelease.ReleasePlugin.releaseSettings ++ Seq(
+lazy val releaseSettings = Seq(
   publishMavenStyle := true,
   licenses := Seq("Apache 2.0" -> url("http://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0")),
   homepage := Some(url("https://github.com/alexarchambault/coursier")),
@@ -26,8 +24,6 @@ lazy val releaseSettings = sbtrelease.ReleasePlugin.releaseSettings ++ Seq(
     else
       Some("releases"  at nexus + "service/local/staging/deploy/maven2")
   },
-  versionBump := Bump.Bugfix,
-  publishArtifactsAction := PgpKeys.publishSigned.value,
   credentials += {
     Seq("SONATYPE_USER", "SONATYPE_PASS").map(sys.env.get) match {
       case Seq(Some(user), Some(pass)) =>
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 6acfa22f0..0d8c0281b 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-pack" % "0.6.8")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-js" % "sbt-scalajs" % "0.6.5")
 addSbtPlugin("com.jsuereth" % "sbt-pgp" % "1.0.0")
-addSbtPlugin("com.github.gseitz" % "sbt-release" % "0.8.5")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" % "sbt-scoverage" % "1.1.0")
 addSbtPlugin("org.tpolecat" % "tut-plugin" % "0.4.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.alexarchambault" % "coursier-sbt-plugin" % "1.0.0-M4")