diff --git a/scripts/publish-npm.js b/scripts/publish-npm.js
index 1ee22e34b3..32a0b782a8 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-npm.js
+++ b/scripts/publish-npm.js
@@ -43,15 +43,11 @@ const {
   publishAndroidArtifactsToMaven,
 } = require('./release-utils');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const os = require('os');
 const path = require('path');
 const yargs = require('yargs');
 
 const buildTag = process.env.CIRCLE_TAG;
 const otp = process.env.NPM_CONFIG_OTP;
-const tmpPublishingFolder = fs.mkdtempSync(
-  path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'rn-publish-'),
-);
 
 const argv = yargs
   .option('n', {
@@ -81,10 +77,6 @@ const buildType = releaseBuild
   ? 'nightly'
   : 'dry-run';
 
-if (!argv.help) {
-  echo(`The temp publishing folder is ${tmpPublishingFolder}`);
-}
-
 // 34c034298dc9cad5a4553964a5a324450fda0385
 const currentCommit = getCurrentCommit();
 const shortCommit = currentCommit.slice(0, 9);
@@ -138,7 +130,7 @@ if (isCommitly) {
   }
 }
 
-generateAndroidArtifacts(releaseVersion, tmpPublishingFolder);
+generateAndroidArtifacts(releaseVersion);
 
 // Write version number to the build folder
 const releaseVersionFile = path.join('build', '.version');
diff --git a/scripts/release-utils.js b/scripts/release-utils.js
index 9d7cb17a0b..661b55f464 100644
--- a/scripts/release-utils.js
+++ b/scripts/release-utils.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 const {exec, echo, exit, test, env, pushd, popd} = require('shelljs');
 const {createHermesPrebuiltArtifactsTarball} = require('./hermes/hermes-utils');
 
-function generateAndroidArtifacts(releaseVersion, tmpPublishingFolder) {
+function generateAndroidArtifacts(releaseVersion) {
   // -------- Generating Android Artifacts
   echo('Generating Android artifacts inside /tmp/maven-local');
   if (exec('./gradlew publishAllToMavenTempLocal').code) {
diff --git a/scripts/test-e2e-local.js b/scripts/test-e2e-local.js
index 03605481c6..6ade2825b6 100644
--- a/scripts/test-e2e-local.js
+++ b/scripts/test-e2e-local.js
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 const {exec, exit, pushd, popd, pwd, cd, cp} = require('shelljs');
 const yargs = require('yargs');
 const fs = require('fs');
-const path = require('path');
-const os = require('os');
 const {getBranchName} = require('./scm-utils');
 
 const {
@@ -31,7 +29,6 @@ const {
 
 const {
   generateAndroidArtifacts,
-  saveFilesToRestore,
   generateiOSArtifacts,
 } = require('./release-utils');
 
@@ -146,12 +143,6 @@ if (argv.target === 'RNTester') {
   // create the local npm package to feed the CLI
 
   // base setup required (specular to publish-npm.js)
-  const tmpPublishingFolder = fs.mkdtempSync(
-    path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'rn-publish-'),
-  );
-  console.info(`The temp publishing folder is ${tmpPublishingFolder}`);
-
-  saveFilesToRestore(tmpPublishingFolder);
 
   // we need to add the unique timestamp to avoid npm/yarn to use some local caches
   const baseVersion = require('../package.json').version;
@@ -176,7 +167,7 @@ if (argv.target === 'RNTester') {
   ).code;
 
   // Generate native files for Android
-  generateAndroidArtifacts(releaseVersion, tmpPublishingFolder);
+  generateAndroidArtifacts(releaseVersion);
 
   // Setting up generating native iOS (will be done later)
   const repoRoot = pwd();
@@ -249,9 +240,6 @@ if (argv.target === 'RNTester') {
     exec('yarn android');
   }
   popd();
-
-  // just cleaning up the temp folder, the rest is done by the test clean script
-  exec(`rm -rf ${tmpPublishingFolder}`);
 }
 
 exit(0);