diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4e807897..d3977726 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -33,5 +33,4 @@ output/
 # kotovalexarian
 /deb_dist/
 /docker/
-/docs/
 /pip_dist/
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 2e609e81..1f2581fd 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ archivebox/
 archivebox.egg-info/
 build/
 dist/
-docs/
 etc/
 .github
 .gitmodules
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9dc458c..a7d48227 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ Extractors take the URL of a page to archive, write their output to the filesyst
 
 </details>
 
-#### Build the docs, pip package, and docker image
+#### Build pip package and docker image
 
 <details><summary><i>Click to expand...</i></summary>
 
@@ -1023,7 +1023,6 @@ Extractors take the URL of a page to archive, write their output to the filesyst
 ./bin/build.sh
 
 # or individually:
-./bin/build_docs.sh
 ./bin/build_pip.sh
 ./bin/build_deb.sh
 ./bin/build_docker.sh
@@ -1040,7 +1039,6 @@ Extractors take the URL of a page to archive, write their output to the filesyst
 ./bin/release.sh
 
 # or individually:
-./bin/release_docs.sh
 ./bin/release_pip.sh
 ./bin/release_deb.sh
 ./bin/release_docker.sh
diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index 894263ec..af33eb52 100755
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ cd "$REPO_DIR"
 # pipenv install --dev
 
 # the order matters
-./bin/build_docs.sh
 ./bin/build_pip.sh
 ./bin/build_deb.sh
 ./bin/build_docker.sh
diff --git a/bin/build_docs.sh b/bin/build_docs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5fa220fb..00000000
--- a/bin/build_docs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-### Bash Environment Setup
-# http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/
-# https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html
-# set -o xtrace
-set -o errexit
-set -o errtrace
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-IFS=$'\n'
-
-REPO_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && cd .. && pwd )"
-
-if [[ -f "$REPO_DIR/.venv/bin/activate" ]]; then
-    source "$REPO_DIR/.venv/bin/activate"
-else
-    echo "[!] Warning: No virtualenv presesnt in $REPO_DIR.venv"
-fi
-cd "$REPO_DIR"
-
-
-echo "[*] Fetching latest docs version"
-cd "$REPO_DIR/docs"
-git pull
-cd "$REPO_DIR"
-
-echo "[+] Building docs"
-sphinx-apidoc -o docs archivebox
-cd "$REPO_DIR/docs"
-make html
-# open docs/_build/html/index.html to see the output
-cd "$REPO_DIR"
diff --git a/bin/release.sh b/bin/release.sh
index 0ca018eb..ca18a96d 100755
--- a/bin/release.sh
+++ b/bin/release.sh
@@ -20,14 +20,12 @@ cd "$REPO_DIR"
 
 # Run all the build scripts
 ./bin/build_git.sh
-./bin/build_docs.sh
 ./bin/build_pip.sh
 ./bin/build_deb.sh
 ./bin/build_docker.sh
 
 # Push relase to public repositories
 ./bin/release_git.sh
-./bin/release_docs.sh
 ./bin/release_pip.sh
 ./bin/release_deb.sh
 ./bin/release_docker.sh
diff --git a/bin/release_docs.sh b/bin/release_docs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f6f57823..00000000
--- a/bin/release_docs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-### Bash Environment Setup
-# http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/
-# https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html
-# set -o xtrace
-set -o errexit
-set -o errtrace
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-IFS=$'\n'
-
-REPO_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && cd .. && pwd )"
-VERSION="$(jq -r '.version' < "$REPO_DIR/package.json")"
-cd "$REPO_DIR"
-
-
-echo "[^] Pushing docs to github"
-cd docs/
-git add .
-git commit -am "$VERSION release"
-git push
-git tag -a "v$VERSION" -m "v$VERSION"
-git push origin master
-git push origin --tags