diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c8b88e45724..d378d4fd060 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## BREAKING CHANGES
 
+* `transfer/publish`: remove component after deprecating it in 2.1.0 (PR #1019).
+
 * Removed `split_h5mu_train_test` component (PR #1020).
 
 ## MAJOR CHANGES
diff --git a/src/transfer/publish/config.vsh.yaml b/src/transfer/publish/config.vsh.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ee3299323c1..00000000000
--- a/src/transfer/publish/config.vsh.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-name: publish
-namespace: "transfer"
-description: Publish an artifact and optionally rename with parameters
-authors:
-  - __merge__: /src/authors/toni_verbeiren.yaml
-    roles: [ maintainer ]
-arguments:
-  - name: "--input"
-    alternatives: ["-i"]
-    type: file
-    direction: input
-    required: true
-    description: Input filename
-  - name: "--output"
-    alternatives: ["-o"]
-    type: file
-    direction: output
-    required: true
-    description: Output filename
-resources:
-  - type: bash_script
-    path: script.sh
-test_resources:
-  - type: bash_script
-    path: run_test.sh
-
-engines:
-- type: docker
-  image: ubuntu:22.04
-
-runners:
-- type: executable
-- type: nextflow
diff --git a/src/transfer/publish/run_test.sh b/src/transfer/publish/run_test.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 576cf6b8931..00000000000
--- a/src/transfer/publish/run_test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -ex
-
-touch test_file.txt
-
-echo ">>> Testing if publish in current local dir works"
-./publish \
-  --input test_file.txt \
-  --output another_file.txt
-
-[[ ! -f another_file.txt ]] && echo "It seems no output file is generated" && exit 1
-
-echo ">>> Testing if publish in new local dir works"
-./publish \
-  --input test_file.txt \
-  --output adir/yadir/another_file.txt
-
-[[ ! -d adir/yadir ]] && echo "It seems no output directory is generated" && exit 1
-[[ ! -f adir/yadir/another_file.txt ]] && echo "It seems no output file is generated" && exit 1
-
-echo ">>> Test finished successfully"
diff --git a/src/transfer/publish/script.sh b/src/transfer/publish/script.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 1aeffceac02..00000000000
--- a/src/transfer/publish/script.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -eo pipefail
-
-## VIASH START
-par_input="input.txt"
-par_output="output.txt"
-## VIASH END
-
-parent=`dirname "$par_output"`
-if [[ ! -d "$parent" ]]; then
-  mkdir -p "$parent"
-fi
-
-cp -r "$par_input" "$par_output"
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