diff --git a/hack/release.sh b/hack/release.sh
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--- a/hack/release.sh
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@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-#
-# Cut a libpod release.  Usage:
-#
-#   $ hack/release.sh <version> <next-version>
-#
-# For example:
-#
-#   $ hack/release.sh 1.2.3 1.3.0
-#
-# for "I'm cutting 1.2.3, and want to use 1.3.0-dev for future work".
-
-VERSION="$1"
-NEXT_VERSION="$2"
-
-if test "${NEXT_VERSION}" != "${NEXT_VERSION%-dev}"
-then
-	echo "The next-version argument '${NEXT_VERSION}' should not end in '-dev'." >&2
-	echo "This script will add the -dev suffix as needed internally.  Try:" >&2
-	echo "  $0 ${VERSION} ${NEXT_VERSION%-dev}" >&2
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-DATE=$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')
-LAST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
-
-write_go_version()
-{
-	LOCAL_VERSION="$1"
-	sed -i "s/^\(var Version = semver.MustParse( *\"\).*/\1${LOCAL_VERSION}\")/" version/version.go
-}
-
-write_spec_version()
-{
-	LOCAL_VERSION="$1"
-	sed -i "s/^\(Version: *\).*/\1${LOCAL_VERSION}/" contrib/spec/podman.spec.in
-}
-
-release_commit()
-{
-	write_go_version "${VERSION}" &&
-	write_spec_version "${VERSION}" &&
-	git commit -asm "Bump to v${VERSION}"
-}
-
-dev_version_commit()
-{
-	write_go_version "${NEXT_VERSION}-dev" &&
-	write_spec_version "${NEXT_VERSION}" &&
-	git commit -asm "Bump to v${NEXT_VERSION}-dev"
-}
-
-git fetch origin &&
-git checkout -b "bump-${VERSION}" origin/main &&
-release_commit &&
-git tag -s -m "version ${VERSION}" "v${VERSION}" &&
-dev_version_commit