diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.github/workflows/publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f51f578d..00000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-name: publish
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-
-jobs:
-
-  publish:
-    name: Publish
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.9
-    - name: Python info
-      shell: bash -l {0}
-      run: |
-        which python3
-        python3 --version
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
-        python3 -m pip install .[publishing]
-    - name: Build distributions
-      run: python3 setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-    - name: Publish package
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-      with:
-        user: __token__
-        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
index 49a68bfb..2939d057 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 | Build                              | [![build]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/actions/workflows/build.yml/badge.svg)]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/actions/workflows/build.yml) |
 |  Metadata consistency              | [![cffconvert]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/actions/workflows/cffconvert.yml/badge.svg)]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/actions/workflows/cffconvert.yml) |
 | Lint                               | [![lint]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/actions/workflows/lint.yml/badge.svg)]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/actions/workflows/lint.yml) |
-| Publish                            | [![publish]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/actions/workflows/publish.yml/badge.svg)]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/actions/workflows/publish.yml) |
 | SonarCloud                         | [![sonarcloud]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/actions/workflows/sonarcloud.yml/badge.svg)]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/actions/workflows/sonarcloud.yml) |
 | MarkDown link checker              | [![markdown-link-check]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/actions/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml/badge.svg)]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/actions/workflows/markdown-link-check.yml) |
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/project_setup.md b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/project_setup.md
index 2ba34474..0d31d61f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/project_setup.md
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/project_setup.md
@@ -86,13 +86,6 @@ help you decide which tool to use for packaging.
   `bumpversion minor`, or `bumpversion major` as appropriate.
 - Don't forget to update the version number before [making a release](https://guide.esciencecenter.nl/#/best_practices/releases)!
 
-## Publish on Python Package Index (PyPI)
-
-To publish your package on PyPI, you need to create a [PyPI API token](https://pypi.org/help#apitoken) and
-save it as a secret called `PYPI_TOKEN` on [Settings page]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/settings/secrets/actions)
-
-[Creating a release]({{cookiecutter.repository}}/releases/new) on GitHub will trigger a [GitHub action workflow](.github/workflows/publish.yml) to publish the release on PyPI for you.
-
 ## Logging
 
 - We recommend using the logging module for getting useful information from your module (instead of using print).