diff --git a/scripts/publish-vsce.sh b/scripts/publish-vsce.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 48e2f781d7f..00000000000
--- a/scripts/publish-vsce.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-printusage() {
-  echo "publish-vsce.sh <version> <cli-version-number>"
-  echo "Should be run as part of publish.sh."
-  echo ""
-  echo ""
-  echo "Arguments:"
-  echo "  version: 'patch', 'minor', or 'major'."
-  echo "  cli-version-number: the version number of the CLI code that is bundled in this release."
-}
-
-VERSION=$1
-
-CLI_VERSION=$2
-if [[ ($VERSION == "" || $CLI_VERSION == "") ]]; then
-  printusage
-  exit 1
-elif [[ ! ($VERSION == "patch" || $VERSION == "minor" || $VERSION == "major") ]]; then
-  printusage
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-cd firebase-vscode
-
-echo "Making a $VERSION version of VSCode..."
-npm version $VERSION
-NEW_VSCODE_VERSION=$(jq -r ".version" package.json)
-NEXT_HEADER="## NEXT"
-NEW_HEADER="## NEXT\n\n## $NEW_VSCODE_VERSION\n\n- Updated internal firebase-tools dependency to $CLI_VERSION"
-sed -i -e "s/$NEXT_HEADER/$NEW_HEADER/g" CHANGELOG.md
-echo "Made a $VERSION version of VSCode."
-
-echo "Running npm install for VSCode..."
-npm install
-echo "Ran npm install for VSCode."
-
-echo "Building firebase-vscode .VSIX file"
-NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=8192" npm run pkg
-echo "Built firebase-vscode .VSIX file."
-
-echo "Uploading VSIX file to GCS..."
-VSIX="firebase-vscode-$NEW_VSCODE_VERSION.vsix"
-gsutil cp $VSIX gs://firemat-preview-drop/vsix/$VSIX
-gsutil cp $VSIX gs://firemat-preview-drop/vsix/firebase-vscode-latest.vsix
-echo "Uploaded VSIX file to GCS."
-cd ..
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diff --git a/scripts/publish.sh b/scripts/publish.sh
index 8efeaa98004..0b9b72f04c2 100755
--- a/scripts/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 set -e
 
 printusage() {
-  echo "publish.sh <version> [vscode-version]"
+  echo "publish.sh <version>"
   echo "REPOSITORY_ORG and REPOSITORY_NAME should be set in the environment."
   echo "e.g. REPOSITORY_ORG=user, REPOSITORY_NAME=repo"
   echo ""
   echo "Arguments:"
   echo "  version: 'patch', 'minor', or 'major'."
-  echo "  vscode-version: Optional. If omitted, defaults to <version>. May be 'patch', 'minor', or 'major'."
 }
 
 VERSION=$1
@@ -20,14 +19,6 @@ elif [[ ! ($VERSION == "patch" || $VERSION == "minor" || $VERSION == "major") ]]
   exit 1
 fi
 
-VSCODE_VERSION=$2
-if [[ $VSCODE_VERSION == "" ]]; then
-  VSCODE_VERSION=$VERSION
-elif [[ ! ($VSCODE_VERSION == "patch" || $VSCODE_VERSION == "minor" || $VSCODE_VERSION == "major") ]]; then
-  printusage
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 if [[ $REPOSITORY_ORG == "" ]]; then
   printusage
   exit 1
@@ -52,11 +43,6 @@ trap "echo 'Missing jq.'; exit 1" ERR
 which jq &> /dev/null
 trap - ERR
 
-trap "echo 'Missing gsutil.'; exit 1" ERR
-which gsutil &> /dev/null
-trap - ERR
-echo "Checked for commands."
-
 echo "Checking for logged-in npm user..."
 trap "echo 'Please login to npm using \`npm login --registry https://wombat-dressing-room.appspot.com\`'; exit 1" ERR
 npm whoami --registry https://wombat-dressing-room.appspot.com
@@ -94,10 +80,6 @@ npm version $VERSION
 NEW_VERSION=$(jq -r ".version" package.json)
 echo "Made a $VERSION version."
 
-echo "Publishing a $VSCODE_VERSION version of the VSCode extension..."
-# bash ./scripts/publish-vsce.sh $VSCODE_VERSION $NEW_VERSION
-echo "Published a $VSCODE_VERSION version of the VSCode extension."
-
 echo "Making the release notes..."
 RELEASE_NOTES_FILE=$(mktemp)
 echo "[DEBUG] ${RELEASE_NOTES_FILE}"
@@ -113,7 +95,7 @@ echo "Published to npm."
 echo "Cleaning up release notes..."
 rm CHANGELOG.md
 touch CHANGELOG.md
-git commit -m "[firebase-release] Removed change log and reset repo after ${NEW_VERSION} release" CHANGELOG.md firebase-vscode/CHANGELOG.md firebase-vscode/package.json firebase-vscode/package-lock.json 
+git commit -m "[firebase-release] Removed change log and reset repo after ${NEW_VERSION} release" CHANGELOG.md 
 echo "Cleaned up release notes."
 
 echo "Pushing to GitHub..."
diff --git a/scripts/publish/cloudbuild.yaml b/scripts/publish/cloudbuild.yaml
index 775079346d6..cc8cc227e45 100644
--- a/scripts/publish/cloudbuild.yaml
+++ b/scripts/publish/cloudbuild.yaml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ steps:
   # Publish the package.
   - name: "gcr.io/$PROJECT_ID/package-builder"
     dir: "${_REPOSITORY_NAME}"
-    args: ["bash", "./scripts/publish.sh", "${_VERSION}", "${_VSCODE_VERSION}"]
+    args: ["bash", "./scripts/publish.sh", "${_VERSION}"]
     env:
       - "REPOSITORY_ORG=${_REPOSITORY_ORG}"
       - "REPOSITORY_NAME=${_REPOSITORY_NAME}"
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ options:
 
 substitutions:
   _VERSION: ""
-  _VSCODE_VERSION: ""
   _KEY_RING: "cloud-build-ring"
   _KEY_NAME: "publish"
   _REPOSITORY_ORG: "firebase"
diff --git a/scripts/publish/run.sh b/scripts/publish/run.sh
index eab7cb4eff4..2b942f53da4 100755
--- a/scripts/publish/run.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish/run.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ printusage() {
   echo ""
   echo "Arguments:"
   echo "  version: 'patch', 'minor', or 'major'."
-  echo "  vscode_version: 'patch', 'minor', or 'major'. Defaults to same as version if omitted"
 }
 
 VERSION=$1
@@ -18,14 +17,6 @@ elif [[ ! ($VERSION == "patch" || $VERSION == "minor" || $VERSION == "major") ]]
   exit 1
 fi
 
-VSCODE_VERSION=$2
-
-if [[ $VSCODE_VERSION == "" ]]; then
-  VSCODE_VERSION=$VERSION
-elif [[ ! ($VSCODE_VERSION == "patch" || $VSCODE_VERSION == "minor" || $VSCODE_VERSION == "major") ]]; then
-  printusage
-  exit 1
-fi
 THIS_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
 cd "$THIS_DIR"
@@ -34,5 +25,5 @@ gcloud --project fir-tools-builds \
   builds \
   submit \
   --machine-type=e2-highcpu-8 \
-  --substitutions=_VERSION=$VERSION,_VSCODE_VERSION=$VSCODE_VERSION \
+  --substitutions=_VERSION=$VERSION, \
   .
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