diff --git a/.github/workflows/releases.yml b/.github/workflows/releases.yml
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-name: Generate release packages
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-jobs:
-  release:
-    name: Create release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Setup PHP, with composer and extensions
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
-        with:
-          tools: pecl, composer:v1
-
-      - name: Retrieve version
-        id: release
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(cat VERSION)"
-
-      - name: Validate composer.json and composer.lock
-        run: composer validate
-
-      - name: Get composer cache directory
-        id: composercache
-        run: echo "::set-output name=dir::$(composer config cache-files-dir)"
-
-      - name: Cache dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: ${{ steps.composercache.outputs.dir }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-${{ hashFiles('**/composer.lock') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-composer-
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: composer install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
-
-      - name: Create artifact
-        id: artifact
-        run: |
-          ARTIFACT="friendica-full-${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}.tar.gz"
-          echo "::set-output name=name::${ARTIFACT}"
-          mkdir build
-          tar -cvjf build/${ARTIFACT} -T mods/release-list.txt
-
-      - name: SHA256
-        id: sha256
-        run: |
-          cd build
-          ARTIFACT=${{ steps.artifact.outputs.name }}
-          sha256sum "${ARTIFACT}" > "${ARTIFACT}.sha256"
-
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: friendica
-          path: build/
-
-      - name: Upload to release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-        with:
-          files: |
-            build/${{ steps.artifact.outputs.name }}.tar.gz
-            build/${{ steps.artifact.outputs.name }}.tar.gz.sha256
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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