diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f141778..00000000
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  ".": "11.7.0"
-}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index dcf0d5e9..1d1b8b1d 100644
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
   "release-type": "simple",
-  "extra-files": ["lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua"],
-  "packages": {
-    ".": {}
-  }
+  "extra-files": ["lua/lazyvim/config/init.lua"]
 }