diff --git a/scripts/generate_history.sh b/scripts/generate_history.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cd04b946e6..0000000000
--- a/scripts/generate_history.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-function error {
-  echo Cheerio "generate_history.sh" script: $1 >&2
-  false
-}
-
-if [ "$VERSION" == "" ] ; then
-  error 'VERSION environment variable unset.'
-fi
-
-if [ "$PREVIOUS_VERSION" == "" ] ; then
-  error 'PREVIOUS_VERSION environment variable unset.'
-fi
-
-tmp="$(mktemp -t "$(basename "$0").XXXXXXXXXX")"
-
-log="$(git --no-pager log --no-merges --pretty="format: * %s (%an)" $PREVIOUS_VERSION..)"
-
-printf "
-$VERSION / $(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
-==================
-
-$log
-" >"$tmp"
-
-cat History.md >>"$tmp"
-
-mv "$tmp" History.md
diff --git a/scripts/prepublish b/scripts/prepublish
deleted file mode 100755
index 7198f7174f..0000000000
--- a/scripts/prepublish
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-function error {
-  echo Cheerio "prepublish" script: $1 >&2
-  false
-}
-
-if [ "$VERSION" == "" ] ; then
-  error 'VERSION environment variable unset.'
-fi
-
-if [ "$PREVIOUS_VERSION" == "" ] ; then
-  error 'PREVIOUS_VERSION environment variable unset.'
-fi
-
-if ! grep -E "^$VERSION / [0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}" History.md > /dev/null; then
-  error "No entry for version $VERSION found in History.md file. (This may be seeded with the generate_history.sh script.)"
-fi
-
-if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- History.md; then
-  error 'History.md file contains untracked changes. Commit them prior to publication.'
-fi