diff --git a/.artifact_files b/.artifact_files
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b1d0bfab..000000000
--- a/.artifact_files
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-LICENSE
diff --git a/.gobuilder.yml b/.gobuilder.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4cf648012..000000000
--- a/.gobuilder.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
----
-triggers:
-  - github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs
-no_go_fmt: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 574a8f568..666ad785b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ If you make changes to the protocol buffers, you will need to install the [proto
 
 IPFS has an updating tool that can be accessed through `ipfs update`. The tool is
 not installed alongside IPFS in order to keep that logic independent of the main
-codebase. To install `ipfs update`, either [download it here](https://gobuilder.me/github.com/ipfs/ipfs-update)
-or install it from source with `go get -u github.com/ipfs/ipfs-update`.
+codebase. To install `ipfs update`, [download it here](https://ipfs.io/ipns/dist.ipfs.io/#ipfs-update).
 
 ## Usage
 
diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/README.md b/cmd/ipfs/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 2433d9eb2..000000000
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# [go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs](http://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/tree/master/cmd/ipfs)
-
-![](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ipfs/logo/master/ipfs-logo-text-256-ice.png)
-
-This is the ipfs commandline tool. For now, it's the main entry point to using IPFS.
-
-
-## Install from source
-
-```
-go install
-ipfs
-```
-
-## Install from [gobuilder.me](https://gobuilder.me/)
-
-If you're viewing this in [gobuilder](https://gobuilder.me/github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/cmd/ipfs), choose the binary that suits you best at the end of this page. Download it, unzip it, and move the binary into place.
-
-## Usage
-
-```sh
-# initialize an ipfs node
-ipfs init
-
-# list some commands
-ipfs
-
-# get help
-ipfs <subcmd> --help
-```
diff --git a/docs/releases.md b/docs/releases.md
index b6b09322f..063b7d20e 100644
--- a/docs/releases.md
+++ b/docs/releases.md
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ will be allowed up to release day.
 - [ ] all tests pass (no exceptions)
 - [ ] webui works (for most definitions of 'works')
 - [ ] CHANGELOG.md has been updated
-  - use `git log --pretty=short vLAST..master`
+  - use `LAST=v0.4.2 for n in $(git log --oneline --merges --reverse -n-1 $LAST...master | cut -d'#' -f2 | cut -d' ' -f1); do echo https://github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/pull/$n; done`
 - [ ] version string in `repo/config/version.go` has been updated
 - [ ] tag commit with vX.Y.Z
+- [ ] bump version string in `repo/config/version.go` to `vX.Y.Z-dev`
 - [ ] update release branch to point to release commit
-- [ ] ensure version is built in gobuilder
+- [ ] publish dist.ipfs.io
 - [ ] publish next version to https://github.com/ipfs/npm-go-ipfs