diff --git a/.github/workflows/develop.yml b/.github/workflows/develop.yml
index b182f25696d..abcd297aa0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/develop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/develop.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-name: snapshot artifacts
+name: develop pre-release
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ jobs:
           name: develop
           tag_name: develop
           fail_on_unmatched_files: true
-          append_body: true
+          append_body: false
           files: |
             build/distributions/besu*.tar.gz
             build/distributions/besu*.zip
           body: |
+            This is an automated, bleeding edge build from the tip of ${{ github.ref_name }}. No promises. YOLO.
             ${{steps.hashes.outputs.tarSha}}
             ${{steps.hashes.outputs.zipSha}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9e3f7176b15..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-
-name: snapshot artifacts
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  artifacts:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
-      - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
-        with:
-          distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: '17'
-      - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
-      - name: assemble release
-        run:
-          ./gradlew assemble -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true
-      - name: upload tarball
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3
-        with:
-          path: 'build/distributions/besu*.tar.gz'
-          name: besu-${{ github.ref_name }}.tar.gz
-          compression-level: 0
-      - name: upload zipfile
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3
-        with:
-          path: 'build/distributions/besu*.zip'
-          name: besu-${{ github.ref_name }}.zip
-          compression-level: 0