diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0f799f3c..7c7d9cbc 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -6,10 +6,3 @@ Thanks for taking the time to contribute!
 
 If you're a maintainer use `npm run release` to start the release
 process and follow the instructions printed to the console.
-
-## Publishing a new chart release
-
-If you're a maintainer use `./release-chart.sh <new-chart-version>` to start the release
-process and follow the instructions printed to the console. The `<new-chart-version>` could be obtained
-by bumping the chart version [here](https://github.com/godaddy/kubernetes-external-secrets/blob/master/charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/Chart.yaml#L3)
-based on the changes.
diff --git a/release-chart.sh b/release-chart.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fa9dd20b..00000000
--- a/release-chart.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-set -e
-
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]
-  then
-    echo "No chart version supplied"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$ALLOW_DIRTY" ]; then
-    if ! output=$(git status --porcelain) || ! [ -z "$output" ]; then
-        git status
-        echo ""
-        echo "Ensure working directory is clean before releasing."
-        echo ""
-        exit 1
-    fi
-fi
-
-SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-TAG=$(git tag | tail -1)
-
-perl -i -pe "s/kubernetes-external-secrets Image tag \| \`[a-zA-Z0-9\.]*/kubernetes-external-secrets Image tag \| \`$TAG/" charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/README.md
-perl -i -pe "s/tag: [a-zA-Z0-9\.]*/tag: $TAG/" charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/values.yaml
-perl -i -pe "s/appVersion: [a-zA-Z0-9\.]*/appVersion: $TAG/" charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/Chart.yaml
-perl -i -pe "s/version: [a-zA-Z0-9\.]*/version: $1/" charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/Chart.yaml
-(cd charts/kubernetes-external-secrets && helm package . && helm repo index --merge ../../docs/index.yaml ./ && mv *.tgz ../../docs && mv index.yaml ../../docs)
-
-echo ""
-echo "Do the following to publish:"
-echo ""
-echo "  1. inspect local changes (e.g., git status, git diff)"
-echo "  2. git add --all && git commit -m \"chore(chart-release): external-secrets/kubernetes-external-secrets:$1\""
-echo "  3. git push origin master"
-echo ""
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index 6c778a3a..32c5c567 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ fi
 SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 TAG=$(git describe)
 
+perl -i -pe "s/kubernetes-external-secrets Image tag \| \`[a-zA-Z0-9\.]*/kubernetes-external-secrets Image tag \| \`$TAG/" charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/README.md
+perl -i -pe "s/tag: [a-zA-Z0-9\.]*/tag: $TAG/" charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/values.yaml
+perl -i -pe "s/appVersion: [a-zA-Z0-9\.]*/appVersion: $TAG/" charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/Chart.yaml
+perl -i -pe "s/version: [a-zA-Z0-9\.]*/version: $TAG/" charts/kubernetes-external-secrets/Chart.yaml
+(cd charts/kubernetes-external-secrets && helm package . && helm repo index --merge ../../docs/index.yaml ./ && mv *.tgz ../../docs && mv index.yaml ../../docs)
+
 docker build -t godaddy/kubernetes-external-secrets:$SHA .
 docker tag godaddy/kubernetes-external-secrets:$SHA godaddy/kubernetes-external-secrets:$TAG
 docker tag godaddy/kubernetes-external-secrets:$SHA godaddy/kubernetes-external-secrets:latest