diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 67f6c6c32..0ebf2689d 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 version: 2.1
 
-orbs:
-  twitter-orb: jakousa/twitter-orb@1.0.1
-
 executors:
   docker-publisher:
     environment:
@@ -188,20 +185,6 @@ jobs:
             docker push $IMAGE_NAME:latest
             docker push $IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG
 
-  tweet-release:
-    docker:
-      - image: jakousa/twurl:latest
-    resource_class: small
-    steps:
-      - twitter-orb/tweet:
-          access_secret: TOKEN_SECRET
-          access_token: ACCESS_TOKEN
-          consumer_key: API_KEY
-          consumer_secret: API_SECRET
-          contents: |
-            (echo $CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME) has released << pipeline.git.tag >>:
-            << pipeline.project.git_url >>/releases/tag/<< pipeline.git.tag >>
-
 workflows:
   build-and-unit-test:
     jobs:
@@ -308,14 +291,3 @@ workflows:
               only: /^v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(?:([0-9A-Za-z-]+(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?(?:\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+)?$/
             branches:
               ignore: /.*/
-      - tweet-release:
-          context: sceptreorg-twitter
-          requires:
-            - deploy-pypi-prod
-            - deploy-docs-tag
-            - deploy-dockerhub-tagged
-          filters:
-            tags:
-              only: /^v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(?:([0-9A-Za-z-]+(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?(?:\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+)?$/
-            branches:
-              ignore: /.*/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7cc0e038d..4092a58d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ Sceptre community discussions happen in the #sceptre chanel in the
 on <http://slackhatesthe.cloud/> to create an account and join the
 #sceptre channel.
 
-Follow the [SceptreOrg Twitter account](https://twitter.com/SceptreOrg) to get announcements on the latest releases.
-
 ## Contributing
 
 See our [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md)