diff --git a/build/ci.go b/build/ci.go
index dbf158005d..50433c892b 100644
--- a/build/ci.go
+++ b/build/ci.go
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/internal/build"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/params"
-	sv "github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/version"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -83,12 +82,6 @@ var (
 		executablePath("clef"),
 	}
 
-	// Files that end up in the swarm*.zip archive.
-	swarmArchiveFiles = []string{
-		"COPYING",
-		executablePath("swarm"),
-	}
-
 	// A debian package is created for all executables listed here.
 	debExecutables = []debExecutable{
 		{
@@ -126,13 +119,6 @@ var (
 	}
 
 	// A debian package is created for all executables listed here.
-	debSwarmExecutables = []debExecutable{
-		{
-			BinaryName:  "swarm",
-			PackageName: "ethereum-swarm",
-			Description: "Ethereum Swarm daemon and tools",
-		},
-	}
 
 	debEthereum = debPackage{
 		Name:        "ethereum",
@@ -140,21 +126,11 @@ var (
 		Executables: debExecutables,
 	}
 
-	debSwarm = debPackage{
-		Name:        "ethereum-swarm",
-		Version:     sv.Version,
-		Executables: debSwarmExecutables,
-	}
-
 	// Debian meta packages to build and push to Ubuntu PPA
 	debPackages = []debPackage{
-		debSwarm,
 		debEthereum,
 	}
 
-	// Packages to be cross-compiled by the xgo command
-	allCrossCompiledArchiveFiles = append(allToolsArchiveFiles, swarmArchiveFiles...)
-
 	// Distros for which packages are created.
 	// Note: vivid is unsupported because there is no golang-1.6 package for it.
 	// Note: wily is unsupported because it was officially deprecated on lanchpad.
@@ -409,9 +385,6 @@ func doArchive(cmdline []string) {
 		basegeth = archiveBasename(*arch, params.ArchiveVersion(env.Commit))
 		geth     = "geth-" + basegeth + ext
 		alltools = "geth-alltools-" + basegeth + ext
-
-		baseswarm = archiveBasename(*arch, sv.ArchiveVersion(env.Commit))
-		swarm     = "swarm-" + baseswarm + ext
 	)
 	maybeSkipArchive(env)
 	if err := build.WriteArchive(geth, gethArchiveFiles); err != nil {
@@ -420,10 +393,7 @@ func doArchive(cmdline []string) {
 	if err := build.WriteArchive(alltools, allToolsArchiveFiles); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	if err := build.WriteArchive(swarm, swarmArchiveFiles); err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	for _, archive := range []string{geth, alltools, swarm} {
+	for _, archive := range []string{geth, alltools} {
 		if err := archiveUpload(archive, *upload, *signer); err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -586,8 +556,8 @@ func isUnstableBuild(env build.Environment) bool {
 }
 
 type debPackage struct {
-	Name        string          // the name of the Debian package to produce, e.g. "ethereum", or "ethereum-swarm"
-	Version     string          // the clean version of the debPackage, e.g. 1.8.12 or 0.3.0, without any metadata
+	Name        string          // the name of the Debian package to produce, e.g. "ethereum"
+	Version     string          // the clean version of the debPackage, e.g. 1.8.12, without any metadata
 	Executables []debExecutable // executables to be included in the package
 }
 
@@ -1023,7 +993,7 @@ func doXgo(cmdline []string) {
 
 	if *alltools {
 		args = append(args, []string{"--dest", GOBIN}...)
-		for _, res := range allCrossCompiledArchiveFiles {
+		for _, res := range allToolsArchiveFiles {
 			if strings.HasPrefix(res, GOBIN) {
 				// Binary tool found, cross build it explicitly
 				args = append(args, "./"+filepath.Join("cmd", filepath.Base(res)))