diff --git a/ReactAndroid/release.gradle b/ReactAndroid/release.gradle
index 13727752d1..9ddc7cfc78 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/release.gradle
+++ b/ReactAndroid/release.gradle
@@ -20,18 +20,6 @@ def isReleaseBuild() {
     return VERSION_NAME.contains("SNAPSHOT") == false
 }
 
-def getRepositoryUrl() {
-    return project.findProperty("repositoryUrl") ?: "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/"
-}
-
-def getRepositoryUsername() {
-    return project.findProperty("repositoryUsername") ?: ""
-}
-
-def getRepositoryPassword() {
-    return project.findProperty("repositoryPassword") ?: ""
-}
-
 def configureReactNativePom(def pom) {
     pom.project {
         name(POM_NAME)
@@ -72,27 +60,6 @@ if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8Compatible()) {
 }
 
 afterEvaluate { project ->
-
-    task androidJavadoc(type: Javadoc, dependsOn: generateReleaseBuildConfig) {
-        source = android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs
-        classpath += files(android.bootClasspath)
-        classpath += files("$buildDir/generated/source/buildConfig/release")
-        // Note: this doesn't handle .aar files, only .jar.
-        classpath += configurations.javadocDeps
-        include("**/*.java")
-    }
-
-    task androidJavadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: androidJavadoc) {
-        classifier = "javadoc"
-        from(androidJavadoc.destinationDir)
-    }
-
-    task androidSourcesJar(type: Jar) {
-        classifier = "sources"
-        from(android.sourceSets.main.java.srcDirs)
-        include("**/*.java")
-    }
-
     android.libraryVariants.all { variant ->
         def name = variant.name.capitalize()
         task "jar${name}"(type: Jar, dependsOn: variant.javaCompileProvider.get()) {
@@ -100,11 +67,6 @@ afterEvaluate { project ->
         }
     }
 
-    artifacts {
-        archives(androidSourcesJar)
-        archives(androidJavadocJar)
-    }
-
     version = VERSION_NAME
     group = GROUP
 
@@ -113,24 +75,6 @@ afterEvaluate { project ->
         sign(configurations.archives)
     }
 
-    uploadArchives {
-        configuration = configurations.archives
-        repositories.mavenDeployer {
-            beforeDeployment {
-                MavenDeployment deployment -> signing.signPom(deployment)
-            }
-
-            repository(url: getRepositoryUrl()) {
-                authentication(
-                        userName: getRepositoryUsername(),
-                        password: getRepositoryPassword())
-
-            }
-
-            configureReactNativePom(pom)
-        }
-    }
-
     task installArchives(type: Upload) {
         configuration = configurations.archives
         repositories.mavenDeployer {