diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8fa877f28e..2b15bf573e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ jobs:
               - node_modules
         - run: yarn nx build << parameters.plugin >> --configuration=production 
         - run: mkdir persist && zip -0 -r persist/plugin-<< parameters.plugin >>.zip dist
-        - run: ./apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh << parameters.plugin >>
         - persist_to_workspace:
             root: .
             paths:
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh b/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 3267f0c973..0000000000
--- a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-#gh pr comment --body "testing"
-
-git config --global user.name "$COMMIT_AUTHOR"
-git config --global user.email "$COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
-
-HASH=$(sha1sum persist/plugin-$1.zip | cut -d " " -f 1)
-# unzip persist/plugin-$1.zip
-# ls -la dist/apps/plugin-$1
-
-git clone git@github.com:ethereum/remix-plugins-directory.git
-npx ts-node apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.ts $1 $HASH alpha
-
-
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.ts b/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index df0b077231..0000000000
--- a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,125 +0,0 @@
-import fetch from "node-fetch";
-import fs from "fs";
-import IpfsHttpClient from 'ipfs-http-client'
-import * as util from 'util'
-import * as child_process from 'child_process'
-
-(async () => {
-  const pluginsDirectory = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethereum/remix-plugins-directory/master/build/metadata.json'
-  const metadata = await fetch(pluginsDirectory, { method: 'GET' })
-
-  // get command line arguments
-  const args = process.argv.slice(2)
-  const pluginName = args[0]
-  const sha = args[1]
-  const build = args[2]
-  let sha_field = 'sha_' + build
-  let url_field = 'url_' + build
-
-  if (build === 'live') {
-    sha_field = 'sha'
-    url_field = 'url'
-  }
-
-  console.log(process.argv)
-
-  if (!pluginName || !sha || !build) {
-    console.error('missing arguments')
-    process.exit(1)
-  }
-
-  // search for the plugin in the metadata
-  const plugins = await metadata.json()
-  let plugin = plugins.find((p: any) => p.name === pluginName)
-  let profileJSON: any = null
-  try {
-    profileJSON = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(`apps/${pluginName}/profile.json`, 'utf8'))
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.log('local profile.json not found')
-  }
-
-  if (!plugin) {
-    console.error('plugin not found in the directory, attempting to create it...')
-    if (!profileJSON) {
-      console.error('create a profile.json file in the plugin folder')
-      process.exit(1)
-    }
-    plugin = profileJSON
-  }
-
-  // check if build and sha exist
-  if (plugin[url_field] && plugin[sha_field]) {
-    // compare the sha
-    if (plugin[sha_field] === sha) {
-      console.log('plugin already published')
-      process.exit(0)
-    }
-  }
-
-  // update the plugin
-
-  plugin[sha_field] = sha
-
-  // publish the plugin
-  const host = 'ipfs.infura.io'
-  const projectId = process.env.infura_project_id
-  const projectSecret = process.env.infura_project_secret
-  const auth = 'Basic ' + Buffer.from(projectId + ':' + projectSecret).toString('base64')
-
-  const ipfs = IpfsHttpClient({
-    port: 5001, host, protocol: 'https', headers: {
-      authorization: auth
-    }
-  })
-  const { globSource } = IpfsHttpClient
-  const folder = `dist/apps/${pluginName}`
-
-  const result = await ipfs.add(globSource(folder, { recursive: true }), { pin: true })
-  const hash = result.cid.toString()
-  const url = `https://ipfs-cluster.ethdevops.io/ipfs/${hash}`
-  plugin[url_field] = url
-  console.log('ipfs hash', hash, 'url', url)
-  console.log('publishing plugin', plugin, 'with sha', sha, 'and build', build)
-
-  // write the profile.json file
-  const plugin_directory_path = 'remix-plugins-directory/plugins/'
-
-  // create the plugin directory if it doesn't exist
-  try {
-    fs.statSync(plugin_directory_path + pluginName).isDirectory()
-  } catch (e) {
-      console.log('creating plugin directory')
-      fs.mkdirSync(plugin_directory_path + pluginName)
-  }
-  // write the profile.json file
-  fs.writeFileSync(plugin_directory_path + pluginName + '/profile.json', JSON.stringify(plugin, null, 2))
-
-  // read the profile.json file
-  const content = fs.readFileSync(plugin_directory_path + pluginName + '/profile.json')
-  console.log('profile.json', content.toString())
-
-
-  // create pull request
-  const promisifyExec = util.promisify(child_process.exec)
-  let out = await promisifyExec('git status', {
-    cwd: process.cwd() + '/remix-plugins-directory'
-  })
-  console.log(out)
-
-  out = await promisifyExec(`git checkout -b ${pluginName}${sha}`, {
-    cwd: process.cwd() + '/remix-plugins-directory'
-  })
-  out = await promisifyExec('git add .', {
-    cwd: process.cwd() + '/remix-plugins-directory'
-  })
-  out = await promisifyExec(`git commit -m "update profile ${pluginName} with url ${url}"`, {
-    cwd: process.cwd() + '/remix-plugins-directory'
-  })
-
-  out = await promisifyExec(`git push --set-upstream origin ${pluginName}${sha}`, {
-    cwd: process.cwd() + '/remix-plugins-directory'
-  })
-
-  console.log(out)
-
-})()
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