diff --git a/.ci/publish-aws.sh b/.ci/publish-aws.sh
index 32905fc8..901064c6 100755
--- a/.ci/publish-aws.sh
+++ b/.ci/publish-aws.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # Publishes the created artifacts from GoReleaser to AWS as AWS Lambda Layers in every region.
 # Finalized by generating an ARN table which will be used in the release notes.
 #
+exit 0
 
 export AWS_FOLDER=${AWS_FOLDER:-.aws}
 export SUFFIX_ARN_FILE=${SUFFIX_ARN_FILE:-arn-file.md}
diff --git a/.ci/release-github.sh b/.ci/release-github.sh
index 1193a2d6..3276297f 100755
--- a/.ci/release-github.sh
+++ b/.ci/release-github.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 # Collects all created ARN tables created by .ci/publish-aws.sh script
 # and publishes a GitHub Release Note with the given information.
 #
+exit 0
 
 export SUFFIX_ARN_FILE=${SUFFIX_ARN_FILE:-arn-file.md}
 VERSION=${VERSION:?Please provide VERSION environment variable. e.g. current git tag}
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index f1eb02cf..dae25862 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -82,18 +82,6 @@ docker_manifests:
     - "{{ .Env.DOCKER_REGISTRY }}/{{ .Env.DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME }}-x86_64:latest"
     - "{{ .Env.DOCKER_REGISTRY }}/{{ .Env.DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME }}-arm64:latest"
 
-publishers:
-  - name: publish-aws
-    cmd: ./.ci/publish-aws.sh
-    env:
-      - AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID={{ .Env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-      - AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY={{ .Env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-      - ELASTIC_LAYER_NAME=elastic-apm-extension-ver-{{ replace (trimprefix .Tag "v") "." "-" }}
-      - VERSION={{ .Tag }}
-      - ARCHITECTURE={{ if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64{{ else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
-      - GOOS={{ .Os }}
-      - GOARCH={{ .Arch }}
-      - AWS_FOLDER=.aws-{{ .Os }}-{{ .Arch }}
 release:
   # Custom GitHub release
   disable: true
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c4b1f094..05ef9aab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ build:
 
 .PHONY: release
 release:
-	go run github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser@$(GORELEASER_VERSION) release --clean --skip-publish --skip-validate --skip-before
+	go run github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser@$(GORELEASER_VERSION) release --clean --skip-validate --skip-before
 
 .PHONY: release-notes
 release-notes: