diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index f7ea94256..08500dc87 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
           go install github.com/modocache/gover@latest
 
       - name: test
-        run: PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin COVERALLS=1 ./test_linux.sh
+        run: sudo PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin COVERALLS=1 ./test_linux.sh
 
       - name: Send coverage to coveralls
         env:
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6f810d8e5..000000000
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env sh
-set -xe
-
-SRC_DIR="${SRC_DIR:-$PWD}"
-DOCKER="${DOCKER:-docker}"
-GOLANG="${GOLANG:-golang:1.23-alpine}"
-
-TAG=$(git describe --tags --dirty)
-RELEASE_DIR=release-${TAG}
-
-BUILDFLAGS="-ldflags '-extldflags -static -X github.com/containernetworking/plugins/pkg/utils/buildversion.BuildVersion=${TAG}'"
-
-OUTPUT_DIR=bin
-
-# Always clean first
-rm -Rf ${SRC_DIR}/${RELEASE_DIR}
-mkdir -p ${SRC_DIR}/${RELEASE_DIR}
-mkdir -p ${OUTPUT_DIR}
-
-$DOCKER run -ti -v ${SRC_DIR}:/go/src/github.com/containernetworking/plugins:z --rm "${GOLANG}" \
-/bin/sh -xe -c "\
-    apk --no-cache add bash tar;
-    cd /go/src/github.com/containernetworking/plugins; umask 0022;
-
-    for arch in amd64 arm arm64 ppc64le s390x mips64le riscv64; do \
-        rm -f ${OUTPUT_DIR}/*; \
-        CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=\$arch ./build_linux.sh ${BUILDFLAGS}; \
-        for format in tgz; do \
-            FILENAME=cni-plugins-linux-\$arch-${TAG}.\$format; \
-            FILEPATH=${RELEASE_DIR}/\$FILENAME; \
-            tar -C ${OUTPUT_DIR} --owner=0 --group=0 -caf \$FILEPATH .; \
-        done; \
-    done;
-
-    rm -rf ${OUTPUT_DIR}/*; \
-    CGO_ENABLED=0 GOARCH=amd64 ./build_windows.sh ${BUILDFLAGS}; \
-    for format in tgz; do \
-        FILENAME=cni-plugins-windows-amd64-${TAG}.\$format; \
-        FILEPATH=${RELEASE_DIR}/\$FILENAME; \
-        tar -C ${OUTPUT_DIR} --owner=0 --group=0 -caf \$FILEPATH .; \
-    done;
-
-
-    cd ${RELEASE_DIR};
-      for f in *.tgz; do sha1sum \$f > \$f.sha1; done;
-      for f in *.tgz; do sha256sum \$f > \$f.sha256; done;
-      for f in *.tgz; do sha512sum \$f > \$f.sha512; done;
-    cd ..
-    chown -R ${UID} ${OUTPUT_DIR} ${RELEASE_DIR}"