diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cbdc5450f..419a69801 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@
   <modules>
     <module>webgoat-container</module>
     <module>webgoat-classloader</module>
-    <!-- <module>webgoat-release</module> -->
   </modules>
 </project>
diff --git a/webgoat-release/.gitignore b/webgoat-release/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 1428faf7e..000000000
--- a/webgoat-release/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-target/
-.idea/
-*.iml
-dependency-reduced-pom.xml
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/webgoat-release/README.md b/webgoat-release/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 61389f009..000000000
--- a/webgoat-release/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# Releasing WebGoat
-
-## Introduction
-
-This project will create a release for WebGoat ready for distribution.
-This project creates a war with all the lessons included.
-
-## Details
-
-The following steps happen during the release:
-
-* Download the webgoat-container.war from the repository
-* Unpack the war
-* Download the dist-plugin.zip from the repository
-* Unpack the lessons
-* Build the war again (webgoat-release-${version}.war)
-* Create the executable jar (webgoat-release-${version}-war-exec.jar)
-
diff --git a/webgoat-release/pom.xml b/webgoat-release/pom.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c30d398a4..000000000
--- a/webgoat-release/pom.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-    <name>webgoat-release</name>
-    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-    <artifactId>webgoat-release</artifactId>
-    <packaging>war</packaging>
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.owasp.webgoat</groupId>
-        <artifactId>webgoat-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    </parent>
-
-    <!-- Shared version number properties -->
-    <properties>
-        <tiles.version>2.2.2</tiles.version>
-        <!-- If run from Bamboo this will be replaced with the bamboo build number -->
-        <build.number>local</build.number>
-        <lessons.version>1.0</lessons.version>
-        <war.output.dir>${project.build.directory}/war/</war.output.dir>
-        <lessons.output.dir>${war.output.dir}/plugin_lessons</lessons.output.dir>
-    </properties>
-
-    <!--
-        Step 1: Unpack the container WAR file
-        Step 2: Use the zip file and unpack it
-        Step 3: Build a new WAR file and install it in the repository
-    -->
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <!-- Unpack the container.war and dist-plugins.jar -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.10</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>unpack-war</id>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>unpack</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <artifactItems>
-                                <artifactItem>
-                                    <groupId>org.owasp.webgoat</groupId>
-                                    <artifactId>webgoat-container</artifactId>
-                                    <version>${project.version}</version>
-                                    <type>war</type>
-                                </artifactItem>
-                            </artifactItems>
-                            <outputDirectory>${war.output.dir}</outputDirectory>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>unpack-lessons-zip</id>
-                        <phase>generate-resources</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>unpack</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <skip>false</skip>
-                            <artifactItems>
-                                <artifactItem>
-                                    <includes>**/*.jar</includes>
-                                    <groupId>org.owasp.webgoat.lesson</groupId>
-                                    <artifactId>dist</artifactId>
-                                    <version>${lessons.version}</version>
-                                    <type>zip</type>
-                                    <classifier>plugins</classifier>
-                                </artifactItem>
-                            </artifactItems>
-                            <outputDirectory>${lessons.output.dir}</outputDirectory>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <!-- Create the war -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <warSourceDirectory>${war.output.dir}</warSourceDirectory>
-                    <archive>
-                        <manifest>
-                            <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
-                        </manifest>
-                        <manifestEntries>
-                            <Specification-Title>${project.name}</Specification-Title>
-                            <Specification-Version>${project.version}</Specification-Version>
-                            <Implementation-Version>${build.number}</Implementation-Version>
-                        </manifestEntries>
-                    </archive>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <!-- Create the executable jar -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.maven</groupId>
-                <artifactId>tomcat7-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <url>http://localhost:8080/manager</url>
-                    <path>/WebGoat</path>
-                    <attachArtifactClassifier>exec</attachArtifactClassifier>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>tomcat-run</id>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>exec-war-only</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <phase>package</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
-</project>