diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1c5a0448..530a221a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -282,43 +282,14 @@ jobs:
 
           gh release create "${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag }}" --target "$RELEASE_COMMIT" $PRERELEASE_FLAG --title "$ANNOUNCEMENT_TITLE" --notes-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/notes.txt" artifacts/*
 
-  publish-npm:
-    needs:
-      - plan
-      - host
-    runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
-    env:
-      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      PLAN: ${{ needs.plan.outputs.val }}
-    if: ${{ !fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).announcement_is_prerelease || fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).publish_prereleases }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Fetch npm packages
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          pattern: artifacts-*
-          path: npm/
-          merge-multiple: true
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-      - run: |
-          for release in $(echo "$PLAN" | jq --compact-output '.releases[] | select([.artifacts[] | endswith("-npm-package.tar.gz")] | any)'); do
-            pkg=$(echo "$release" | jq '.artifacts[] | select(endswith("-npm-package.tar.gz"))' --raw-output)
-            npm publish --access public "./npm/${pkg}"
-          done
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-
   announce:
     needs:
       - plan
       - host
-      - publish-npm
     # use "always() && ..." to allow us to wait for all publish jobs while
     # still allowing individual publish jobs to skip themselves (for prereleases).
     # "host" however must run to completion, no skipping allowed!
-    if: ${{ always() && needs.host.result == 'success' && (needs.publish-npm.result == 'skipped' || needs.publish-npm.result == 'success') }}
+    if: ${{ always() && needs.host.result == 'success' }}
     runs-on: "ubuntu-22.04"
     env:
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index af219dde..9e38febd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ ci = "github"
 # The installers to generate for each app
 installers = ["shell", "powershell", "npm", "msi"]
 # Publish jobs to run in CI
-publish-jobs = ["npm"]
+publish-jobs = []
 # Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
 targets = [
     "aarch64-apple-darwin",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a291854..b530894c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,22 +99,6 @@ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/nearai/ironclaw/release
 ```
 </details>
 
-<details>
-  <summary>Run via npx (Node.js on Windows, Linux, macOS)</summary>
-
-```sh
-npx ironclaw
-```
-</details>
-
-<details>
-  <summary>Use in package.json scripts (Node.js on Windows, Linux, macOS)</summary>
-
-```sh
-npm install ironclaw
-```
-</details>
-
 <details>
   <summary>Compile the source code (Cargo on Windows, Linux, macOS)</summary>