diff --git a/buildspecs/release-to-github.yml b/buildspecs/release-to-github.yml
index f0b04621129a..33f034b2e2f9 100644
--- a/buildspecs/release-to-github.yml
+++ b/buildspecs/release-to-github.yml
@@ -18,15 +18,5 @@ phases:
     - cd release
     -
     - git clone -o staging -b release $STAGING_REPOSITORY_URL .
-    - RELEASE_VERSION=`mvn -q -Dexec.executable=echo -Dexec.args='${project.version}' --non-recursive exec:exec`
-    -
     - git remote add --fetch public $PUBLIC_REPOSITORY_URL
-    - |
-      if [ `git ls-remote --tags public  | grep refs/tags/$RELEASE_VERSION | wc -l` -ge "1" ]; then
-        git push public :refs/tags/$RELEASE_VERSION
-        git tag --delete $RELEASE_VERSION
-      fi
-    - git tag -a $RELEASE_VERSION -m "AWS SDK for Java v2 ($RELEASE_VERSION)"
-    -
     - git push public HEAD:release
-    - git push public $RELEASE_VERSION
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