diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index be287cecdd..1387ae7efe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ jobs:
             kind: bench
           - os: ${{ github.repository == 'denoland/deno' && 'ubuntu-latest-xl' || 'ubuntu-18.04' }}
             kind: lint
-          - os: ${{ github.repository == 'denoland/deno' && 'ubuntu-latest-xl' || 'ubuntu-18.04' }}
-            kind: publish-dry-run
 
       # Always run master branch builds to completion. This allows the cache to
       # stay mostly up-to-date in situations where a single job fails due to
@@ -268,10 +266,6 @@ jobs:
             target/release/lib.deno.d.ts
           draft: true
 
-      - name: Publish Dry Run
-        if: matrix.kind == 'publish-dry-run'
-        run: cd cli && cargo publish --dry-run
-
       - name: Publish
         if: |
           startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') &&