diff --git a/bin/publish b/bin/publish
index ee2a3ec88a..939f3a32ed 100755
--- a/bin/publish
+++ b/bin/publish
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ release() {
     "${CARGO_PACKAGE[@]}"
     "${CARGO_PUBLISH[@]}"
 
-    cargo publish "$VERBOSE" "$DRY_RUN"
-
     status "Tagging" "$TAG"
     if [[ "$DRY_RUN" ]]; then
         echo "# git tag $TAG && git push --tags"