diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e479e2b1295..048effdd9a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
-  id-token: write
 
 jobs:
   preflight:
@@ -223,49 +222,9 @@ jobs:
           path: release-publish/*
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-  publish_cli:
-    name: Publish CLI to npm
-    needs: [preflight, build]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ needs.preflight.outputs.ref }}
-
-      - name: Setup Bun
-        uses: oven-sh/setup-bun@v2
-        with:
-          bun-version-file: package.json
-
-      - name: Setup Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
-        with:
-          node-version-file: package.json
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: bun install --frozen-lockfile
-
-      - name: Align package versions to release version
-        run: bun run scripts/update-release-package-versions.ts "${{ needs.preflight.outputs.version }}"
-
-      - name: Build CLI package
-        run: bun run build --filter=@t3tools/web --filter=t3
-
-      - name: Publish CLI package
-        run: |
-          TAG="latest"
-          if [[ "${{ needs.preflight.outputs.is_prerelease }}" == "true" ]]; then
-            TAG="next"
-          fi
-          bun run apps/server/scripts/cli.ts publish --tag "$TAG" --app-version "${{ needs.preflight.outputs.version }}" --verbose
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-
   release:
     name: Publish GitHub Release
-    needs: [preflight, build, publish_cli]
+    needs: [preflight, build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -317,7 +276,7 @@ jobs:
 
   finalize:
     name: Finalize release
-    needs: [preflight, publish_cli, release]
+    needs: [preflight, release]
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout