diff --git a/.woodpecker/binaries.yml b/.woodpecker/binaries.yml
index 0b5b0c07e..088637aa9 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/binaries.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/binaries.yml
@@ -67,14 +67,6 @@ pipeline:
     when:
       path: *when_path
 
-  build-tarball:
-    group: bundle
-    image: *golang_image
-    commands:
-      - make release-tarball
-    when:
-      path: *when_path
-
   checksums:
     image: *golang_image
     commands:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6b923499c..2c3948645 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -238,31 +238,6 @@ release-cli: ## Create cli binaries for release
 	tar -cvzf dist/woodpecker-cli_darwin_amd64.tar.gz  -C dist/cli/darwin_amd64  woodpecker-cli
 	tar -cvzf dist/woodpecker-cli_darwin_arm64.tar.gz  -C dist/cli/darwin_arm64  woodpecker-cli
 
-release-tarball: ## Create tarball for release
-	mkdir -p dist/
-	tar -cvzf dist/woodpecker-src-$(BUILD_VERSION).tar.gz \
-		agent \
-		cli \
-		cmd \
-		go.??? \
-		LICENSE \
-		Makefile \
-		pipeline \
-		server \
-		shared \
-		vendor \
-		version \
-		woodpecker-go \
-		web/index.html \
-		web/node_modules \
-		web/package.json \
-		web/public \
-		web/src \
-		web/tsconfig.* \
-		web/*.ts \
-		web/pnpm-lock.yaml \
-		web/web.go
-
 release-checksums: ## Create checksums for all release files
 	# generate shas for tar files
 	(cd dist/; sha256sum *.* > checksums.txt)