diff --git a/rust/pact_verifier/release.groovy b/rust/pact_verifier/release.groovy
index 30429ba1..170897b5 100755
--- a/rust/pact_verifier/release.groovy
+++ b/rust/pact_verifier/release.groovy
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ ask('Publish library to crates.io?: [Y]') {
   executeOnShell 'cargo publish'
 }
 
-executeOnShell "cargo build --release"
-
 def nextVer = Version.valueOf(releaseVer).incrementPatchVersion()
 ask("Bump version to $nextVer?: [Y]") {
   executeOnShell "sed -i -e 's/^version = \"${releaseVer}\"/version = \"${nextVer}\"/' Cargo.toml"