diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 96b1f89..ac9a0ed 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -3,10 +3,3 @@
 
 DATE = $(shell date)
 VERSION = $(shell git log --pretty=format:"%h%x20%an%x20%ad%x20%s" -1 | cut -f1 -d" ")
-
-release::
-	sed "s/__DATE__/${DATE}/" <${PROJECT}.rst >tmp.rst
-	sed "s/__VERSION__/${VERSION}/" <tmp.rst >${PROJECT}.rst
-	make html pdf
-	rm tmp.rst
-	git checkout ${PROJECT}.rst