diff --git a/rakelib/release.rake b/rakelib/release.rake
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index ca9ab714c9..0000000000
--- a/rakelib/release.rake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-release_task = Rake.application["release"]
-release_task.prerequisites.delete("build")
-release_task.prerequisites.delete("release:rubygem_push")
-release_task_comment = release_task.comment
-if release_task_comment
-  release_task.clear_comments
-  release_task.comment = release_task_comment.gsub(/ and build.*$/, "")
-end
-
-desc "Push built gems"
-task "push" do
-  require "open-uri"
-  helper = Bundler::GemHelper.instance
-  gemspec = helper.gemspec
-  name = gemspec.name
-  version = gemspec.version.to_s
-  pkg_dir = "pkg"
-  mkdir_p(pkg_dir)
-  ["", "-java"].each do |type|
-    base_url = "https://github.com/ruby/#{name}/releases/download"
-    url = URI("#{base_url}/v#{version}/#{name}-#{version}#{type}.gem")
-    path = "#{pkg_dir}/#{File.basename(url.path)}"
-    url.open do |input|
-      File.open(path, "wb") do |output|
-        IO.copy_stream(input, output)
-      end
-      helper.__send__(:rubygem_push, path)
-    end
-  end
-end