diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f2b103cb..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Docs release
-on:
-  # manually trigger
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  # been called by other workflows
-  workflow_call:
-
-jobs:
-  publish-docs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Deploy docs
-        run: |
-          export MODE=BUILD
-          export PACKAGE=datajoint
-          export UPSTREAM_REPO=https://github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git
-          export HOST_UID=$(id -u)
-          docker compose -f docs/docker-compose.yaml up --exit-code-from docs --build
-          git push origin gh-pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/post_draft_release_published.yaml b/.github/workflows/post_draft_release_published.yaml
index f9c3ee62d..a4f4ca13e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/post_draft_release_published.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/post_draft_release_published.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 name: Post Draft Release Published
 
 on:
-  # Once draft release is released, trigger the docs release
   release:
     types:
       ## pre-release and stable release
@@ -11,8 +10,6 @@ on:
 run-name: Post ${{ github.event.release.name }}
 
 jobs:
-  call-publish-docs:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/docs.yaml
   pypi-release:
     permissions:
       # write permission is required to update version.py