diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_cli.yaml b/.github/workflows/release_cli.yaml
index b6e58f58..c215701a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_cli.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_cli.yaml
@@ -281,52 +281,3 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           tar -czvf surfpool-linux-x64.tar.gz surfpool-linux-x64
           tar -czvf surfpool-darwin-arm64.tar.gz surfpool-darwin-arm64
-
-  aws_release:
-    name: Upload to AWS S3
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/main') && needs.get_release_info.outputs.tag != ''
-    needs:
-      - dist_surfpool
-      - get_release_info
-      # - release
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Download build artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          path: ./artifacts
-
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
-        with:
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_KEY_ID }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
-
-      - name: Upload artifacts to S3
-        run: |
-          TAG=${{ needs.get_release_info.outputs.tag }}
-          echo "Uploading artifacts to S3 for release $TAG"
-
-          # Upload all tarballs to S3 under releases/
-          for file in ./artifacts/**/*.tar.gz; do
-            BASENAME=$(basename "$file")
-            echo "→ Uploading $BASENAME ..."
-            aws s3 cp "$file" "s3://${{ env.S3_BUCKET }}/releases/$BASENAME" \
-              --acl public-read \
-              --cache-control "public, max-age=31536000"
-          done
-
-      - name: Print public URLs
-        run: |
-          echo "✅ Uploaded artifacts are available at:"
-          for file in ./artifacts/**/*.tar.gz; do
-            BASENAME=$(basename "$file")
-            echo "http://${{ env.S3_BUCKET }}.s3.amazonaws.com/releases/$BASENAME"
-          done