diff --git a/org.eclipse.epp.mpc-parent/pom.xml b/org.eclipse.epp.mpc-parent/pom.xml
index 0df05d8..8002ad4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.epp.mpc-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.epp.mpc-parent/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
            1) tycho-pack200b-plugin:pack doesn't support it and doing it with profiles is a mess
            2) pack has moved to the release profile so it won't happen in regular dev/ci builds anyway -->
       <skip-pack>true</skip-pack>
-      <skip-promote>true</skip-promote>
 
       <test-args></test-args>
       <test-app-args></test-app-args>
@@ -115,18 +114,6 @@
 
       <!-- build type profiles -->
       <profile>
-         <id>publish</id>
-         <activation>
-            <property>
-               <name>env.PUBLISH</name>
-               <value>true</value>
-            </property>
-         </activation>
-         <properties>
-            <skip-promote>false</skip-promote>
-         </properties>
-      </profile>
-      <profile>
          <id>release</id>
          <properties>
             <skip-sign>false</skip-sign>
diff --git a/org.eclipse.epp.mpc.site/pack-and-sign/build.xml b/org.eclipse.epp.mpc.site/pack-and-sign/build.xml
index 681cdf1..7d5b4d2 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.epp.mpc.site/pack-and-sign/build.xml
+++ b/org.eclipse.epp.mpc.site/pack-and-sign/build.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 	<condition property="sign.skip" value="true"><equals arg1="${skipSign}" arg2="true"/></condition>
 	<condition property="pack.skip" value="true"><equals arg1="${skipPack}" arg2="true"/></condition>
-  	<condition property="promote.skip" value="true"><equals arg1="${skipPromote}" arg2="true"/></condition>
 
   	<!-- sign -->
 
@@ -67,10 +66,6 @@
 		<include name="**/*"/>
 	  </fileset>
 	</zip>
-  	
-  	<!-- promote -->
-
-	<antcall target="promote"/>
 
   </target>
 
@@ -83,19 +78,6 @@
 	</exec>
   </target>
 
-  <target name="promote" unless="promote.skip">	
-	<chmod perm="755" file="${scriptdir}/promote.sh"/>
-  	<chmod perm="755" file="${scriptdir}/update-composite.sh"/>
-	<exec executable="${scriptdir}/promote.sh" dir="${scriptdir}" failonerror="true">
-	  <arg value="${dist}"/>
-	  <arg value="${version}"/>
-	  <arg value="${qualifier}"/>
-	  <arg value="${projectDir}"/>	
-	  <arg value="${archiveDir}"/>
-	  <arg value="${siteDir}"/>
-	</exec>
-  </target>
-
   <target name="pack" unless="pack.skip">	
 	<delete file="${site}/content.jar" />
 	<delete file="${site}/artifacts.jar" />