diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf8b1ff..fb79096 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 bin
-releases
 collerd.db
 !docker/collerd.json
 collerd.json
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d73d30f..f459409 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 APPVERSION := $(shell cat ./VERSION)
 GOVERSION := $(shell go version | awk '{print $$3}')
 GITCOMMIT := $(shell git log -1 --oneline | awk '{print $$1}')
-OS := $(shell uname -s | tr [A-Z] [a-z])
-ARCH := $(shell uname -m | tr [A-Z] [a-z])
 LDFLAGS = -X main.AppVersion=${APPVERSION} -X main.GoVersion=${GOVERSION} -X main.GitCommit=${GITCOMMIT}
 
 .PHONY: clean test
@@ -14,11 +12,6 @@ build:
         && go build -ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" -o ../bin/coller cmd/coller/main.go \
 	)
 
-archive:
-	(mkdir -p releases && cd bin && tar cvzpf ../releases/coller-${APPVERSION}-${OS}-${ARCH}.tar.gz * && cd ../releases && sha256sum *.tar.gz)
-
-release: build archive
-
 test:
 	(cd src \
         && go test internal/*.go \
@@ -26,4 +19,4 @@ test:
 	)
 
 clean:
-	rm -rf bin releases
+	rm -rf bin