diff --git a/.elasticbeanstalk/config.yml b/.elasticbeanstalk/config.yml
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index 6ac17fc..0000000
--- a/.elasticbeanstalk/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-branch-defaults:
-  release/prod:
-    environment: keyserver-prod
-  release/test:
-    environment: keyserver-test
-global:
-  application_name: keyserver
-  default_ec2_keyname: null
-  default_platform: Node.js
-  default_region: eu-west-1
-  profile: eb-cli
-  sc: git
diff --git a/res/aws_release.sh b/res/aws_release.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8d9d109..0000000
--- a/res/aws_release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# go to root
-cd `dirname $0`
-cd ..
-
-if [ "$1" != "prod" ] && [ "$1" != "test" ] ; then
-    echo 'Usage: ./res/aws_release prod|test'
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-# switch branch
-git checkout master
-git branch -D release/$1
-git checkout -b release/$1
-git merge master --no-edit
-
-# abort if tests fail
-set -e
-
-# build and test
-rm -rf node_modules
-npm install
-npm test
-
-# install only production dependencies
-rm -rf node_modules/
-npm install --production
-
-# delete .gitignore files before adding to git for aws deployment
-find node_modules/ -name ".gitignore" -exec rm -rf {} \;
-
-# Add runtime dependencies to git
-sed -i "" '/node_modules/d' .gitignore
-git add .gitignore node_modules/
-git commit -m "Update release"
-
-# push to aws
-eb deploy keyserver-$1
-
-# switch back to master branch
-git checkout master
-npm install