diff --git a/scripts/build-aci b/scripts/build-aci
deleted file mode 100755
index 7a4cff93b..000000000
--- a/scripts/build-aci
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-BINARYDIR=${BINARYDIR:-bin}
-BUILDDIR=${BUILDDIR:-bin}
-
-# A non-installed acbuild can be used, for example:
-# ACBUILD=../../appc/acbuild/bin/acbuild
-ACBUILD=${ACBUILD:-acbuild}
-
-VERSION=$1
-
-go2aci() {
-	case "${1}" in
-		"arm64") echo "aarch64";;
-		*) echo "${1}";;
-	esac
-}
-
-if ! command -v $ACBUILD >/dev/null; then
-    echo "acbuild ($ACBUILD) is not executable"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ ! -x $BINARYDIR/etcd ] ; then
-    echo "$BINARYDIR/etcd not found. Is it compiled?"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -z "$VERSION" ] ; then
-    echo "Usage: scripts/build-aci VERSION"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-acbuild --debug begin
-
-TMPHOSTS="$(mktemp)"
-ACI_ARCH="$(go2aci ${GOARCH})"
-
-acbuildEnd() {
-    rm "$TMPHOSTS"
-    export EXIT=$?
-    acbuild --debug end && exit $EXIT
-}
-trap acbuildEnd EXIT
-
-cat <<DF > $TMPHOSTS
-127.0.0.1   localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
-DF
-
-acbuild --debug set-name coreos.com/etcd
-acbuild --debug annotation add appc.io/executor/supports-systemd-notify true
-
-acbuild --debug copy $BINARYDIR/etcd /usr/local/bin/etcd
-acbuild --debug copy $BINARYDIR/etcdctl /usr/local/bin/etcdctl
-
-acbuild --debug copy README.md README.md
-acbuild --debug copy etcdctl/README.md README-etcdctl.md
-acbuild --debug copy etcdctl/READMEv2.md READMEv2-etcdctl.md
-acbuild --debug copy-to-dir Documentation .
-
-acbuild --debug environment add ETCD_DATA_DIR /var/lib/etcd
-acbuild --debug mount add data-dir /var/lib/etcd
-
-acbuild --debug label add version "$VERSION"
-
-acbuild --debug set-exec -- /usr/local/bin/etcd
-
-acbuild --debug port add client tcp 2379
-acbuild --debug port add peer tcp 2380
-
-acbuild --debug copy "$TMPHOSTS" /etc/hosts
-
-acbuild --debug label add arch "${ACI_ARCH}"
-
-# mkdir default data-dir
-mkdir -p .acbuild/currentaci/rootfs/var/lib/etcd
-
-# symlinks for backward-compatibility
-ln -s ./usr/local/bin/etcd .acbuild/currentaci/rootfs/etcd
-ln -s ./usr/local/bin/etcdctl .acbuild/currentaci/rootfs/etcdctl
-
-acbuild --debug write --overwrite $BUILDDIR/etcd-${1}-linux-${ACI_ARCH}.aci
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 1c846694c..3c93716d1 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -11,11 +11,6 @@ if [ -z "${VERSION}" ]; then
 	exit 255
 fi
 
-if ! command -v acbuild >/dev/null; then
-    echo "cannot find acbuild"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
 if ! command -v docker >/dev/null; then
     echo "cannot find docker"
     exit 1
@@ -27,12 +22,6 @@ pushd ${ETCD_ROOT} >/dev/null
 	echo Building etcd binary...
 	./scripts/build-binary ${VERSION}
 
-	# ppc64le not yet supported by acbuild.
-	for TARGET_ARCH in "amd64" "arm64"; do
-		echo Building ${TARGET_ARCH} aci image...
-		GOARCH=${TARGET_ARCH} BINARYDIR=release/etcd-${VERSION}-linux-${TARGET_ARCH} BUILDDIR=release ./scripts/build-aci ${VERSION}
-	done
-
 	for TARGET_ARCH in "amd64" "arm64" "ppc64le"; do
 		echo Building ${TARGET_ARCH} docker image...
 		GOARCH=${TARGET_ARCH} BINARYDIR=release/etcd-${VERSION}-linux-${TARGET_ARCH} BUILDDIR=release ./scripts/build-docker ${VERSION}