diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 8c5330edc..2ae9bf054 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -196,35 +196,6 @@ jobs:
           status: ${{ job.status }}
           channel: '#dev-freud'
 
-  source:
-    name: Build source tarball
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938 # v4.2.0
-      with:
-        path: code
-        submodules: true
-
-    - name: Determine filename-safe ref from GITHUB_REF_NAME
-      run: echo ref="$(echo "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" | sed  -e 's/\//-/g')" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-    - name: Copy source
-      run: cp -R code "${name}-${ref}"
-
-    - name: Remove .git
-      run: rm -rf "${name}-${ref}/.git" && ls -laR "${name}-${ref}"
-
-    - name: Tar/zstd source
-      run: tar --zstd -cvf "${name}-${ref}.tar.zst" "${name}-${ref}"
-
-    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@50769540e7f4bd5e21e526ee35c689e35e0d6874 # v4.4.0
-      with:
-        name: source
-        path: |
-          *.tar.*
-
   release-notes:
     name: Extract release notes
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -258,7 +229,7 @@ jobs:
 
   publish_github:
     name: Publish [GitHub]
-    needs: [release-notes, source]
+    needs: [release-notes]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps: