diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 75048bcc..786d2c65 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ byobu (2.81) unreleased; urgency=low
     - usr/bin/byobu
     - usr/bin/byobu-export
     - usr/bin/byobu-janitor
-
   * usr/bin/byobu-status: save a conditional
-
   * usr/bin/byobu-config, usr/share/doc/byobu/help.txt: improve help
     text, per feedback from Turnkey Linux users
+  * debian/release,sh, debian/release-build.sh: drop, no longer needed,
+    now in lp:~kirkland/+junk/bin
 
  -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:46:29 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/release-build.sh b/debian/release-build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7ca479fe..00000000
--- a/debian/release-build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-PKG="byobu"
-
-error() {
-	echo "ERROR: $@"
-	exit 1
-}
-
-head -n1 debian/changelog | grep "unreleased" || error "This version must be 'unreleased'"
-
-./debian/rules get-orig-source
-if tar -tvf ../byobu_*.orig.tar.gz | egrep "bzr|debian"; then
-	echo "ERROR: release tarball has invalid files"
-	exit 1
-fi
-if tar -tvf ../byobu_*.orig.tar.gz | egrep "/bin/|/lib/" | grep -v "rwxr-xr-x"; then
-	echo "ERROR: release tarball has binaries with incorrect permissions"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-bzr bd
-sed -i "s/) unreleased;/-0ubuntu1~ppa1) hardy;/" debian/changelog
-bzr bd -S
-sed -i "s/ppa1) hardy;/ppa2) intrepid;/" debian/changelog
-bzr bd -S
-sed -i "s/ppa2) intrepid;/ppa3) jaunty;/" debian/changelog
-bzr bd -S
-sed -i "s/ppa3) jaunty;/ppa4) karmic;/" debian/changelog
-bzr bd -S
-sed -i "s/~ppa4) karmic;/) lucid;/" debian/changelog
-bzr bd -S
-
-echo
-echo
-echo "# Test this build:"
-echo "  sudo dpkg -Oi ../byobu_*.deb"
-echo
-echo "# If everything looks good, release:"
-echo "  ./debian/release.sh"
-echo
-echo
diff --git a/debian/release.sh b/debian/release.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b2657fd0..00000000
--- a/debian/release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh -e
-
-PKG="byobu"
-MAJOR=2
-
-error() {
-	echo "ERROR: $@"
-	exit 1
-}
-
-head -n1 debian/changelog | grep "lucid" || error "This version must be ready for 'lucid'"
-
-# Tag the release in bzr
-minor=`head -n1 debian/changelog | sed "s/^.*($MAJOR.//" | sed "s/-.*$//"`
-dch --release
-bzr tag --delete $MAJOR.$minor-0ubuntu1 || true
-debcommit --release --message="releasing $MAJOR.$minor"
-
-# Sign the tarball
-gpg --armor --sign --detach-sig ../"$PKG"_*.orig.tar.gz
-
-# Create the rpm export
-sudo alien --to-rpm ../$PKG"_"$MAJOR.$minor"_all.deb"
-mv -f *.rpm ..
-rsync -azP ../*.rpm kirkland@people.canonical.com:~kirkland/public_html/$PKG/rpm
-
-# Create the tarball export
-rm -f /tmp/$PKG.tar.gz
-$PKG-export -f /tmp/$PKG.tar.gz
-rsync -azP /tmp/$PKG.tar.gz kirkland@people.canonical.com:~kirkland/public_html
-
-# Do the Ubuntu packaging
-#cd ..
-#rm -rf byobu-ubuntu
-#bzr branch lp:ubuntu/byobu byobu-ubuntu
-#...
-
-# Open the next release for development
-nextminor=`expr $minor + 1`
-sed -i "s/^VERSION=.*$/VERSION=$MAJOR.$nextminor/" usr/bin/$PKG
-dch -v "$MAJOR.$nextminor" "UNRELEASED"
-sed -i "s/$MAJOR.$nextminor) .*;/$MAJOR.$nextminor) unreleased;/" debian/changelog
-sed -i "s/^Version:.*$/Version:        $MAJOR.$nextminor/" rpm/$PKG.spec
-sed -i "s%^Source0:.*$%Source0:        http://code.launchpad.net/$PKG/trunk/$MAJOR.$nextminor/+download/byobu_$MAJOR.$nextminor.orig.tar.gz%" rpm/$PKG.spec
-bzr commit -m "opening $MAJOR.$nextminor"
-
-echo
-echo "# To push:"
-echo "  bzr push lp:$PKG"
-echo
-echo "# To upload PPA packages:"
-echo "  dput $PKG-ppa ../*ppa*changes"
-echo
-echo "# Publish tarball at:"
-echo "  https://launchpad.net/$PKG/trunk/+addrelease"
-echo
-echo "# Upload to Ubuntu:"
-echo "  dput ../${PKG}_${MAJOR}.${minor}-0ubuntu1_source.changes"
-echo
-echo