diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_candidates.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_candidates.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b35f10cd5d..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_candidates.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish Candidates
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      js-sdk:
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-      python-sdk:
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-      cli:
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-      tag:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      preid:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  id-token: write
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    name: Publish Release Candidates
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4.4.0
-
-      - name: Parse .tool-versions
-        uses: wistia/parse-tool-versions@32f568a4ffd4bfa7720ebf93f171597d1ebc979a # v2.1.1
-        with:
-          filename: '.tool-versions'
-          uppercase: 'true'
-          prefix: 'tool_version_'
-
-      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@b906affcce14559ad1aafd4ab0e942779e9f58b1 # v4.3.0
-        if: ${{ inputs.js-sdk || inputs.cli }}
-        with:
-          version: '${{ env.TOOL_VERSION_PNPM }}'
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@249970729cb0ef3589644e2896645e5dc5ba9c38 # v6.5.0
-        if: ${{ inputs.js-sdk || inputs.cli }}
-        with:
-          node-version: '${{ env.TOOL_VERSION_NODEJS }}'
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
-          cache: pnpm
-
-      - name: Configure pnpm
-        if: ${{ inputs.js-sdk || inputs.cli }}
-        run: |
-          pnpm config set auto-install-peers true
-          pnpm config set exclude-links-from-lockfile true
-
-      - name: Update npm
-        if: ${{ inputs.js-sdk || inputs.cli }}
-        run: |
-          npm install -g npm@^11.6
-          npm --version
-
-      - name: Install uv
-        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@d0cc045d04ccac9d8b7881df0226f9e82c39688e # v6.8.0
-        if: ${{ inputs.python-sdk }}
-        with:
-          version: '${{ env.TOOL_VERSION_UV }}'
-          python-version: '${{ env.TOOL_VERSION_PYTHON }}'
-          enable-cache: true
-
-      - name: Publish Python RC
-        if: ${{ inputs.python-sdk }}
-        working-directory: packages/python-sdk
-        run: |
-          BASE_VERSION=$(uv version --short)
-          uv version "${BASE_VERSION}rc${{ github.run_id }}"
-          uv build
-          uv publish --trusted-publishing always --check-url https://pypi.org/simple/
-
-      - name: Install JS dependencies
-        if: ${{ inputs.js-sdk || inputs.cli }}
-        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
-
-      - name: Publish JS RC
-        if: ${{ inputs.js-sdk }}
-        working-directory: packages/js-sdk
-        env:
-          RC_PREID: ${{ inputs.preid }}
-          RC_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
-        run: |
-          pnpm version prerelease --preid="${RC_PREID}.${{ github.run_id }}" --no-git-tag-version
-          pnpm publish --tag "$RC_TAG" --provenance --no-git-checks
-
-      # `pnpm publish`, not `npm publish`: it resolves the `workspace:^` range the
-      # CLI declares for `e2b` to a concrete version — here the RC the step above
-      # just published, or the last release when only the CLI is being cut.
-      # `--no-git-checks` because candidates are cut from a feature branch with the
-      # version bump above still uncommitted.
-      - name: Publish CLI RC
-        if: ${{ inputs.cli }}
-        working-directory: packages/cli
-        env:
-          RC_PREID: ${{ inputs.preid }}
-          RC_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
-        run: |
-          pnpm version prerelease --preid="${RC_PREID}.${{ github.run_id }}" --no-git-tag-version
-          pnpm publish --tag "$RC_TAG" --provenance --no-git-checks
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c38e544c32..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-candidate.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-name: Release candidate
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      js-sdk:
-        description: 'Release JS SDK'
-        required: false
-        default: false
-        type: boolean
-      python-sdk:
-        description: 'Release Python SDK'
-        required: false
-        default: false
-        type: boolean
-      cli:
-        description: 'Release CLI'
-        required: false
-        default: false
-        type: boolean
-      tag:
-        description: 'Dist-tag (e.g. rc, beta, snapshot)'
-        required: false
-        default: 'rc'
-        type: string
-      preid:
-        description: 'Prerelease identifier (defaults to branch name)'
-        required: false
-        default: ''
-        type: string
-      skip-tests:
-        description: 'Skip tests'
-        required: false
-        default: false
-        type: boolean
-
-# Shared literal group so production and candidate releases on the same ref serialize.
-concurrency: release-${{ github.ref }}
-
-permissions:
-  id-token: write
-  contents: write
-
-jobs:
-  rc-validate:
-    name: Validate RC inputs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      preid: ${{ steps.preid.outputs.preid }}
-      tag: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Sanitize tag
-        id: tag
-        env:
-          RAW_TAG: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
-        run: |
-          SAFE_TAG="$(echo "$RAW_TAG" | sed 's/[^0-9A-Za-z-]/-/g')"
-          echo "tag=$SAFE_TAG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Block production tags
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}" = "latest" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Publishing with the 'latest' tag is not allowed for candidates. Use the 'Release' workflow instead."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Sanitize preid
-        id: preid
-        env:
-          RAW_PREID: ${{ github.event.inputs.preid || github.ref_name }}
-        run: |
-          echo "preid=$(echo "$RAW_PREID" | sed 's/[^0-9A-Za-z-]/-/g')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-  rc-python-tests:
-    name: RC Python Tests
-    needs: [rc-validate]
-    if: github.event.inputs.python-sdk == 'true' && github.event.inputs.skip-tests != 'true'
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/python_sdk_tests.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-
-  rc-js-tests:
-    name: RC JS Tests
-    needs: [rc-validate]
-    if: github.event.inputs.js-sdk == 'true' && github.event.inputs.skip-tests != 'true'
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/js_sdk_tests.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-
-  rc-cli-tests:
-    name: RC CLI Tests
-    needs: [rc-validate]
-    if: github.event.inputs.cli == 'true' && github.event.inputs.skip-tests != 'true'
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/cli_tests.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-
-  rc-publish:
-    name: Publish RC
-    needs: [rc-validate, rc-python-tests, rc-js-tests, rc-cli-tests]
-    if: (!cancelled()) && !contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') && needs.rc-validate.result == 'success'
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish_candidates.yml
-    with:
-      js-sdk: ${{ github.event.inputs.js-sdk == 'true' }}
-      python-sdk: ${{ github.event.inputs.python-sdk == 'true' }}
-      cli: ${{ github.event.inputs.cli == 'true' }}
-      tag: ${{ needs.rc-validate.outputs.tag }}
-      preid: ${{ needs.rc-validate.outputs.preid }}
-    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6d58407478..d9779f8857 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ name: Release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: {}
 
-# Shared literal group so production and candidate releases on the same ref serialize.
 concurrency: release-${{ github.ref }}
 
 permissions:
@@ -28,8 +27,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check the ref
         # `workflow_dispatch` offers every branch in the picker, and a feature
         # branch carrying changesets would otherwise publish real packages and
-        # push the version bump to that branch. Candidates cut from a branch go
-        # through release-candidate.yml.
+        # push the version bump to that branch.
         if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main'
         env:
           REF: ${{ github.ref }}