diff --git a/.betterer.results b/.betterer.results
index 3e165bedf0d..59d950253ae 100644
--- a/.betterer.results
+++ b/.betterer.results
@@ -876,21 +876,11 @@ exports[`better eslint`] = {
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "2"]
     ],
-    "packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/plugin.utils.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "2"]
-    ],
     "packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/task.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Do not use any type assertions.", "1"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "2"]
     ],
-    "packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubRelease.ts:5381": [
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"],
-      [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "2"]
-    ],
     "packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/useSpinner.ts:5381": [
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "0"],
       [0, 0, 0, "Unexpected any. Specify a different type.", "1"]
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/config/circleci/config.yml b/packages/grafana-toolkit/config/circleci/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d1438c2be92..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/config/circleci/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,295 +0,0 @@
-version: 2.1
-
-parameters:
-  ssh-fingerprint:
-    type: string
-    default: ${GITHUB_SSH_FINGERPRINT}
-
-aliases:
-  # Workflow filters
-  - &filter-only-master
-    branches:
-      only: master
-  - &filter-only-release
-    branches:
-      only: /^v[1-9]*[0-9]+\.[1-9]*[0-9]+\.x$/
-
-workflows:
-  plugin_workflow:
-    jobs:
-      - yarn_install
-      - build_docs:
-          requires:
-            - yarn_install
-      - build_frontend:
-          requires:
-            - yarn_install
-      - build_backend:
-          requires:
-            - yarn_install
-      - package:
-          requires:
-            - build_frontend
-            - build_backend
-            - build_docs
-      - provisioning:
-          requires:
-            - build_frontend
-            - build_backend
-            - build_docs
-      - e2e_canary:
-          requires:
-            - provisioning
-            - package
-      - report:
-          requires:
-            - package
-            - e2e_canary
-      - approve_release:
-          type: approval
-          requires:
-            - report
-          filters: *filter-only-release
-      - publish_github_release:
-          requires:
-            - approve_release
-          filters: *filter-only-release
-
-executors:
-  default_exec: # declares a reusable executor
-    docker:
-      - image: srclosson/grafana-plugin-ci-alpine:latest
-  e2e_exec:
-    docker:
-      - image: srclosson/grafana-plugin-ci-e2e:latest
-
-jobs:
-  yarn_install:
-    executor: default_exec
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - restore_cache:
-          name: restore yarn cache
-          keys:
-          - build-cache-{{ .Environment.CACHE_VERSION }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
-      - run:
-          name: Install dependencies
-          command: |
-            mkdir ci
-            yarn bin grafana-toolkit ] || yarn install --immutable
-      - save_cache:
-          name: save yarn cache
-          paths:
-            - ~/project/.yarn
-          key: build-cache-{{ .Environment.CACHE_VERSION }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
-      - save_cache:
-          name: save cypress cache
-          paths:
-            - ~/.cache/Cypress
-          key: cypress-cache-{{ .Environment.CACHE_VERSION }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
-
-  build_docs:
-    executor: default_exec
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - restore_cache:
-          name: restore yarn cache
-          keys:
-          - build-cache-{{ .Environment.CACHE_VERSION }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
-      - run:
-          name: Build docs
-          command: |
-            yarn run grafana-toolkit plugin:ci-docs
-            [ -d "dist" ] || circleci-agent step halt
-      - persist_to_workspace:
-          root: .
-          paths:
-            - dist
-
-  build_frontend:
-    executor: default_exec
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - restore_cache:
-          name: restore yarn cache
-          keys:
-          - build-cache-{{ .Environment.CACHE_VERSION }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
-      - run:
-          name: Build and test frontend
-          command: yarn run grafana-toolkit plugin:ci-build
-      - persist_to_workspace:
-          root: .
-          paths:
-            - dist
-
-  build_backend:
-    executor: default_exec
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - restore_cache:
-          name: restore yarn cache
-          keys:
-          - build-cache-{{ .Environment.CACHE_VERSION }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
-      - run:
-          name: Exit if no backend
-          command: |
-            [ -f "Magefile.go" ] || circleci-agent step halt
-      - run:
-          name: Build backend
-          command: mage -v buildAll
-      - run:
-          name: Test backend
-          command: |
-            mage -v lint
-            mage -v coverage
-      - persist_to_workspace:
-          root: .
-          paths:
-            - dist
-
-  package:
-    executor: default_exec
-    steps:
-    - checkout
-    - restore_cache:
-        name: restore yarn cache
-        keys:
-        - build-cache-{{ .Environment.CACHE_VERSION }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
-    - attach_workspace:
-        at: .
-    - run:
-        name: Move results to ci folder
-        command: yarn run grafana-toolkit plugin:ci-build --finish
-    - run:
-        name: Package distribution
-        command: |
-          yarn run grafana-toolkit plugin:ci-package
-    - persist_to_workspace:
-        root: .
-        paths:
-        - ci/jobs/package
-        - ci/packages
-        - ci/dist
-        - ci/grafana-test-env
-    - store_artifacts:
-        path: ci
-
-  provisioning:
-    executor: default_exec
-    steps:
-    - run:
-      name: Continue if this plugin has a provisioning path
-      command: |
-        [ -z "${PROVISIONING_REPO_PATH}" ] && circleci-agent step halt
-    - checkout
-    - add_ssh_keys:
-        fingerprints:
-          - << pipeline.parameters.ssh-fingerprint >>
-    - run:
-        name: Checkout provisioning files
-        command: git clone --depth 1 git@github.com:grafana/plugin-provisioning.git
-    - run:
-        name: Prepare task output dir
-        command: |
-          mkdir ci # Avoid error if not exists
-          mkdir ci/jobs # Avoid error if not exists
-          mkdir ci/jobs/provisioning
-          mv plugin-provisioning/${PROVISIONING_REPO_PATH}/* ci/jobs/provisioning
-    - persist_to_workspace:
-        root: .
-        paths:
-        - ci/jobs/provisioning
-
-  e2e_canary:
-    executor: e2e_exec
-    steps:
-    - run:
-      name: Continue if this plugin has a provisioning path
-      command: |
-        [ -z "${PROVISIONING_REPO_PATH}" ] && circleci-agent step halt
-    - checkout
-    - attach_workspace:
-        at: .
-    - restore_cache:
-        name: Restore yarn cache
-        keys:
-        - build-cache-{{ .Environment.CACHE_VERSION }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
-    - restore_cache:
-        name: Restore cypress cache
-        keys:
-        - cypress-cache-{{ .Environment.CACHE_VERSION }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
-    - run:
-        name: Exit if no e2e tests configured
-        command: |
-          [ -d cypress ] || circleci-agent step halt
-    - run:
-        name: Setup Grafana (local install)
-        command: |
-          ginstall canary
-          /opt/grafana/bin/grafana-server -config ci/grafana-test-env/custom.ini -homepath /opt/grafana &
-          ## To make sure grafana has started up
-          while ! $(netstat -tulpn | grep 3000 >/dev/null 2>&1); do sleep 1; done
-          /opt/grafana/bin/grafana-cli --version
-    - run:
-        name: Copy provisioning files
-        command: cp -r ci/jobs/provisioning provisioning/
-    - run:
-        name: Run e2e tests
-        command: |
-          # If the tests fail, but GRAFANACI_STRICT_E2E=0, don't worry about it
-          yarn run grafana-e2e run \
-          || (
-            [ "$GRAFANACI_STRICT_E2E" -eq 0 ] && echo "Bypassing fail. ci-nostrict enabled"
-          )
-    - run:
-        when: always
-        name: Prepare task output dir
-        command: |
-          # TODO: probably move all of this to `@grafana/toolkit plugin:ci-test`
-          mkdir ci/jobs/e2e_canary
-          # only copy if they exist
-          cp cypress/screenshots/*.* ci/jobs/e2e_canary 2>/dev/null || :
-          cp cypress/videos/*.* ci/jobs/e2e_canary 2>/dev/null || :
-    - persist_to_workspace:
-        root: .
-        paths:
-        - ci/jobs/e2e_canary
-    - store_test_results:
-        path: ci/jobs/e2e_canary
-    - store_artifacts:
-        path: ci/jobs/e2e_canary
-
-  report:
-    executor: default_exec
-    steps:
-    - checkout
-    - attach_workspace:
-        at: .
-    - restore_cache:
-        name: restore yarn cache
-        keys:
-          - build-cache-{{ .Environment.CACHE_VERSION }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
-    - run:
-        name: Toolkit report
-        command: |
-          yarn run grafana-toolkit plugin:ci-report
-    - store_artifacts:
-        path: ci
-
-  publish_github_release:
-    executor: default_exec
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - add_ssh_keys:
-          fingerprints:
-            - "dc:60:ab:c7:2d:8c:82:50:2a:2a:97:1a:c0:66:83:14"
-      - attach_workspace:
-          at: .
-      - restore_cache:
-          name: restore yarn cache
-          keys:
-          - build-cache-{{ .Environment.CACHE_VERSION }}-{{ checksum "yarn.lock" }}
-      - run:
-          name: "Publish Release on GitHub"
-          command: |
-            yarn run grafana-toolkit plugin:github-publish
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json b/packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json
index 6d36ce4b905..5741702f91e 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json
+++ b/packages/grafana-toolkit/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
     "@grafana/ui": "10.0.0-pre",
     "@jest/core": "27.5.1",
     "@types/eslint": "8.4.1",
-    "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.13",
     "@types/jest": "27.4.1",
     "@types/lodash": "4.14.181",
     "@types/node": "16.11.26",
@@ -68,7 +67,6 @@
     "@types/tmp": "0.2.3",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "5.36.2",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "5.36.2",
-    "axios": "^0.26.1",
     "babel-jest": "27.5.1",
     "babel-loader": "^8.2.5",
     "babel-plugin-angularjs-annotate": "0.10.0",
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@
     "eslint-plugin-react-hooks": "4.6.0",
     "execa": "^5.1.1",
     "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "^7.2.1",
-    "fs-extra": "^10.0.0",
     "globby": "^11.0.4",
     "html-loader": "^3.1.0",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.5.0",
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts
index 0507f026aba..d2ceffd8867 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { program } from 'commander';
 import { nodeVersionCheckerTask } from './tasks/nodeVersionChecker';
 import { buildPackageTask } from './tasks/package.build';
 import { pluginBuildTask } from './tasks/plugin.build';
-import { getToolkitVersion, githubPublishTask } from './tasks/plugin.utils';
+import { getToolkitVersion } from './tasks/plugin.utils';
 import { templateTask } from './tasks/template';
 import { toolkitBuildTask } from './tasks/toolkit.build';
 import { execTask } from './utils/execTask';
@@ -127,26 +127,6 @@ export const run = (includeInternalScripts = false) => {
       process.exit(1);
     });
 
-  program
-    .command('plugin:github-publish')
-    .option('--dryrun', 'Do a dry run only', false)
-    .option('--verbose', 'Print verbose', false)
-    .option('--commitHash <hashKey>', 'Specify the commit hash')
-    .description('[Deprecated] Publish to github')
-    .action(async (cmd) => {
-      console.log(
-        chalk.yellow.bold(`⚠️ This command is deprecated and will be removed . No further support will be provided. ⚠️`)
-      );
-      console.log(
-        'We recommend using github actions directly for plugin releasing. You can find an example here:  https://github.com/grafana/plugin-tools/tree/main/packages/create-plugin/templates/github/ci/.github/workflows'
-      );
-      await execTask(githubPublishTask)({
-        dryrun: cmd.dryrun,
-        verbose: cmd.verbose,
-        commitHash: cmd.commitHash,
-      });
-    });
-
   program.on('command:*', () => {
     console.error('Invalid command: %s\nSee --help for a list of available commands.', program.args.join(' '));
     process.exit(1);
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/plugin.utils.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/plugin.utils.ts
index 7852bd1d8b6..78254f43065 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/plugin.utils.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/tasks/plugin.utils.ts
@@ -1,147 +1,4 @@
-import execa = require('execa');
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
-import path = require('path');
-
-import { getPluginId } from '../../config/utils/getPluginId';
-import { getPluginJson } from '../../config/utils/pluginValidation';
-import { getCiFolder } from '../../plugins/env';
-import { GitHubRelease } from '../utils/githubRelease';
-import { useSpinner } from '../utils/useSpinner';
-
-import { Task, TaskRunner } from './task';
-
-interface Command extends Array<any> {}
-const DEFAULT_EMAIL_ADDRESS = 'eng@grafana.com';
-const DEFAULT_USERNAME = 'CircleCI Automation';
-
-const releaseNotes = async (): Promise<string> => {
-  const { stdout } = await execa(`awk 'BEGIN {FS="##"; RS="##"} FNR==3 {print "##" $1; exit}' CHANGELOG.md`, {
-    shell: true,
-  });
-  return stdout;
-};
-
-const checkoutBranch = async (branchName: string): Promise<Command> => {
-  const currentBranch = await execa(`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`, { shell: true });
-  const branchesAvailable = await execa(
-    `(git branch -a | grep "${branchName}$" | grep -v remote) || echo 'No release found'`,
-    { shell: true }
-  );
-
-  if (currentBranch.stdout !== branchName) {
-    console.log('available', branchesAvailable.stdout.trim());
-    if (branchesAvailable.stdout.trim() === branchName) {
-      return ['git', ['checkout', branchName]];
-    } else {
-      return ['git', ['checkout', '-b', branchName]];
-    }
-  }
-  return [];
-};
-
-const gitUrlParse = (url: string): { owner: string; name: string } => {
-  let matchResult: RegExpMatchArray | null = [];
-
-  if (url.match(/^git@github.com/)) {
-    // We have an ssh style url.
-    matchResult = url.match(/^git@github.com:(.*?)\/(.*?)\.git/);
-  }
-
-  if (url.match(/^https:\/\/github.com\//)) {
-    // We have an https style url
-    matchResult = url.match(/^https:\/\/github.com\/(.*?)\/(.*?)\/.git/);
-  }
-
-  if (matchResult && matchResult.length > 2) {
-    return {
-      owner: matchResult[1],
-      name: matchResult[2],
-    };
-  }
-
-  throw `Could not find a suitable git repository. Received [${url}]`;
-};
-
-const prepareRelease = ({ dryrun, verbose }: any) =>
-  useSpinner('Preparing release', async () => {
-    const ciDir = getCiFolder();
-    const distDir = path.resolve(ciDir, 'dist');
-    const distContentDir = path.resolve(distDir, getPluginId());
-    const pluginJsonFile = path.resolve(distContentDir, 'plugin.json');
-    const pluginJson = getPluginJson(pluginJsonFile);
-
-    const githubPublishScript: Command = [
-      ['git', ['config', 'user.email', DEFAULT_EMAIL_ADDRESS]],
-      ['git', ['config', 'user.name', DEFAULT_USERNAME]],
-      await checkoutBranch(`release-${pluginJson.info.version}`),
-      ['/bin/rm', ['-rf', 'dist'], { dryrun }],
-      ['mv', ['-v', distContentDir, 'dist']],
-      ['git', ['add', '--force', 'dist'], { dryrun }],
-      ['/bin/rm', ['-rf', 'src'], { enterprise: true }],
-      ['git', ['rm', '-rf', 'src'], { enterprise: true }],
-      [
-        'git',
-        ['commit', '-m', `automated release ${pluginJson.info.version} [skip ci]`],
-        {
-          dryrun,
-          okOnError: [/nothing to commit/g, /nothing added to commit/g, /no changes added to commit/g],
-        },
-      ],
-      ['git', ['push', '-f', 'origin', `release-${pluginJson.info.version}`], { dryrun }],
-      ['git', ['tag', '-f', `v${pluginJson.info.version}`]],
-      ['git', ['push', '-f', 'origin', `v${pluginJson.info.version}`]],
-    ];
-
-    for (let line of githubPublishScript) {
-      const opts = line.length === 3 ? line[2] : {};
-      const command = line[0];
-      const args = line[1];
-
-      try {
-        if (verbose) {
-          console.log('executing >>', line);
-        }
-
-        if (line.length > 0 && line[0].length > 0) {
-          if (opts['dryrun']) {
-            line[1].push('--dry-run');
-          }
-
-          // Exit if the plugin is NOT an enterprise plugin
-          if (pluginJson.enterprise && !opts['enterprise']) {
-            continue;
-          }
-
-          const { stdout } = await execa(command, args);
-          if (verbose) {
-            console.log(stdout);
-          }
-        } else {
-          if (verbose) {
-            console.log('skipping empty line');
-          }
-        }
-      } catch (ex: any) {
-        const err: string = ex.message;
-        if (opts['okOnError'] && Array.isArray(opts['okOnError'])) {
-          let trueError = true;
-          for (let regex of opts['okOnError']) {
-            if (err.match(regex)) {
-              trueError = false;
-              break;
-            }
-          }
-
-          if (!trueError) {
-            // This is not an error
-            continue;
-          }
-        }
-        console.error(err);
-        process.exit(-1);
-      }
-    }
-  });
 
 export const getToolkitVersion = () => {
   const pkg = readFileSync(`${__dirname}/../../../package.json`, 'utf8');
@@ -151,73 +8,3 @@ export const getToolkitVersion = () => {
   }
   return version;
 };
-interface GithubPublishReleaseOptions {
-  commitHash?: string;
-  githubToken: string;
-  githubUser: string;
-  gitRepoName: string;
-}
-
-const createRelease = ({ commitHash, githubUser, githubToken, gitRepoName }: GithubPublishReleaseOptions) =>
-  useSpinner('Creating release', async () => {
-    const gitRelease = new GitHubRelease(githubToken, githubUser, gitRepoName, await releaseNotes(), commitHash);
-    return gitRelease.release();
-  });
-
-export interface GithubPublishOptions {
-  dryrun?: boolean;
-  verbose?: boolean;
-  commitHash?: string;
-  dev?: boolean;
-}
-
-const githubPublishRunner: TaskRunner<GithubPublishOptions> = async ({ dryrun, verbose, commitHash }) => {
-  let repoUrl: string | undefined = process.env.DRONE_REPO_LINK || process.env.CIRCLE_REPOSITORY_URL;
-  if (!repoUrl) {
-    // Try and figure it out
-    const repo = await execa('git', ['config', '--local', 'remote.origin.url']);
-    if (repo && repo.stdout) {
-      repoUrl = repo.stdout;
-    } else {
-      throw new Error(
-        'The release plugin requires you specify the repository url as environment variable DRONE_REPO_LINK or ' +
-          'CIRCLE_REPOSITORY_URL'
-      );
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (!process.env['GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN']) {
-    // Try to use GITHUB_TOKEN, which may be set.
-    if (process.env['GITHUB_TOKEN']) {
-      process.env['GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN'] = process.env['GITHUB_TOKEN'];
-    } else {
-      throw new Error(
-        `GitHub publish requires that you set the environment variable GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN to a valid github api token.
-        See: https://github.com/settings/tokens for more details.`
-      );
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (!process.env['GITHUB_USERNAME']) {
-    // We can default this one
-    process.env['GITHUB_USERNAME'] = DEFAULT_EMAIL_ADDRESS;
-  }
-
-  const parsedUrl = gitUrlParse(repoUrl);
-  const githubToken = process.env['GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN'];
-  const githubUser = parsedUrl.owner;
-
-  await prepareRelease({
-    dryrun,
-    verbose,
-  });
-
-  await createRelease({
-    commitHash,
-    githubUser,
-    githubToken,
-    gitRepoName: parsedUrl.name,
-  });
-};
-
-export const githubPublishTask = new Task<GithubPublishOptions>('GitHub Publish', githubPublishRunner);
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubClient.test.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubClient.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ff6cfb0b132..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubClient.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-import GithubClient from './githubClient';
-
-const fakeClient = jest.fn();
-
-beforeEach(() => {
-  delete process.env.GITHUB_USERNAME;
-  delete process.env.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN;
-});
-
-afterEach(() => {
-  delete process.env.GITHUB_USERNAME;
-  delete process.env.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN;
-});
-
-describe('GithubClient', () => {
-  it('should initialise a GithubClient', () => {
-    const github = new GithubClient();
-    const githubEnterprise = new GithubClient({ enterprise: true });
-    expect(github).toBeInstanceOf(GithubClient);
-    expect(githubEnterprise).toBeInstanceOf(GithubClient);
-  });
-
-  describe('#client', () => {
-    it('it should contain a grafana client', () => {
-      // @ts-ignore
-      const spy = jest.spyOn(GithubClient.prototype, 'createClient').mockImplementation(() => fakeClient);
-
-      const github = new GithubClient();
-      const client = github.client;
-
-      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        baseURL: 'https://api.github.com/repos/grafana/grafana',
-        timeout: 10000,
-      });
-      expect(client).toEqual(fakeClient);
-    });
-
-    it('it should contain a grafana enterprise client', () => {
-      // @ts-ignore
-      const spy = jest.spyOn(GithubClient.prototype, 'createClient').mockImplementation(() => fakeClient);
-
-      const github = new GithubClient({ enterprise: true });
-      const client = github.client;
-
-      expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-        baseURL: 'https://api.github.com/repos/grafana/grafana-enterprise',
-        timeout: 10000,
-      });
-      expect(client).toEqual(fakeClient);
-    });
-
-    describe('when the credentials are required', () => {
-      it('should create the client when the credentials are defined', () => {
-        const username = 'grafana';
-        const token = 'averysecureaccesstoken';
-
-        process.env.GITHUB_USERNAME = username;
-        process.env.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN = token;
-
-        // @ts-ignore
-        const spy = jest.spyOn(GithubClient.prototype, 'createClient').mockImplementation(() => fakeClient);
-
-        const github = new GithubClient({ required: true });
-        const client = github.client;
-
-        expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-          baseURL: 'https://api.github.com/repos/grafana/grafana',
-          timeout: 10000,
-          auth: { username, password: token },
-        });
-
-        expect(client).toEqual(fakeClient);
-      });
-
-      it('should create the enterprise client when the credentials are defined', () => {
-        const username = 'grafana';
-        const token = 'averysecureaccesstoken';
-
-        process.env.GITHUB_USERNAME = username;
-        process.env.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN = token;
-
-        // @ts-ignore
-        const spy = jest.spyOn(GithubClient.prototype, 'createClient').mockImplementation(() => fakeClient);
-
-        const github = new GithubClient({ required: true, enterprise: true });
-        const client = github.client;
-
-        expect(spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-          baseURL: 'https://api.github.com/repos/grafana/grafana-enterprise',
-          timeout: 10000,
-          auth: { username, password: token },
-        });
-
-        expect(client).toEqual(fakeClient);
-      });
-
-      describe('when the credentials are not defined', () => {
-        it('should throw an error', () => {
-          expect(() => {
-            // eslint-disable-next-line
-            new GithubClient({ required: true });
-          }).toThrow(/operation needs a GITHUB_USERNAME and GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variables/);
-        });
-      });
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubClient.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubClient.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9643c166874..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubClient.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import axios, { AxiosInstance, AxiosRequestConfig } from 'axios';
-
-const grafanaURL = (owner: string, repo: string) => `https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}`;
-const enterpriseURL = 'https://api.github.com/repos/grafana/grafana-enterprise';
-
-// Encapsulates the creation of a client for the GitHub API
-//
-// Two key things:
-// 1. You can specify whenever you want the credentials to be required or not when imported.
-// 2. If the credentials are available as part of the environment, even if
-// they're not required - the library will use them. This allows us to overcome
-// any API rate limiting imposed without authentication.
-
-interface GithubClientProps {
-  required?: boolean;
-  enterprise?: boolean;
-  owner?: string;
-  repo?: string;
-}
-
-class GithubClient {
-  client: AxiosInstance;
-
-  constructor({ required = false, enterprise = false, owner = 'grafana', repo = 'grafana' }: GithubClientProps = {}) {
-    const username = process.env.GITHUB_USERNAME;
-    const token = process.env.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN;
-
-    const clientConfig: AxiosRequestConfig = {
-      baseURL: enterprise ? enterpriseURL : grafanaURL(owner, repo),
-      timeout: 10000,
-    };
-
-    if (required && !username && !token) {
-      throw new Error('operation needs a GITHUB_USERNAME and GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variables');
-    }
-
-    if (username && token) {
-      clientConfig.auth = { username: username, password: token };
-    }
-
-    this.client = this.createClient(clientConfig);
-  }
-
-  private createClient(clientConfig: AxiosRequestConfig) {
-    return axios.create(clientConfig);
-  }
-}
-
-export default GithubClient;
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubRelease.test.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubRelease.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 74fedc2a759..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubRelease.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { GitHubRelease } from './githubRelease';
-
-describe('GithubRelease', () => {
-  it('should initialise a GithubRelease', () => {
-    process.env.GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN = '12345';
-    process.env.GITHUB_USERNAME = 'test@grafana.com';
-    const github = new GitHubRelease('A token', 'A username', 'A repo', 'Some release notes');
-    expect(github).toBeInstanceOf(GitHubRelease);
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubRelease.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubRelease.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d59e2d4516..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/cli/utils/githubRelease.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-import { AxiosResponse } from 'axios';
-import fs = require('fs');
-import path = require('path');
-
-import { getPluginId } from '../../config/utils/getPluginId';
-import { getPluginJson } from '../../config/utils/pluginValidation';
-import { getCiFolder } from '../../plugins/env';
-
-import GithubClient from './githubClient';
-
-const resolveContentType = (extension: string): string => {
-  if (extension.startsWith('.')) {
-    extension = extension.slice(1);
-  }
-  switch (extension) {
-    case 'zip':
-      return 'application/zip';
-    case 'json':
-      return 'application/json';
-    case 'sha1':
-      return 'text/plain';
-    default:
-      return 'application/octet-stream';
-  }
-};
-
-class GitHubRelease {
-  token: string;
-  username: string;
-  repository: string;
-  releaseNotes: string;
-  commitHash?: string;
-  git: GithubClient;
-
-  constructor(token: string, username: string, repository: string, releaseNotes: string, commitHash?: string) {
-    this.token = token;
-    this.username = username;
-    this.repository = repository;
-    this.releaseNotes = releaseNotes;
-    this.commitHash = commitHash;
-
-    this.git = new GithubClient({
-      required: true,
-      owner: username,
-      repo: repository,
-    });
-  }
-
-  publishAssets(srcLocation: string, destUrl: string) {
-    // Add the assets. Loop through files in the ci/dist folder and upload each asset.
-    const files = fs.readdirSync(srcLocation);
-
-    return files.map(async (file: string) => {
-      const fileStat = fs.statSync(`${srcLocation}/${file}`);
-      const fileData = fs.readFileSync(`${srcLocation}/${file}`);
-      return this.git.client.post(`${destUrl}?name=${file}`, fileData, {
-        headers: {
-          'Content-Type': resolveContentType(path.extname(file)),
-          'Content-Length': fileStat.size,
-        },
-        maxContentLength: fileStat.size * 2 * 1024 * 1024,
-      });
-    });
-  }
-
-  async release() {
-    const ciDir = getCiFolder();
-    const distDir = path.resolve(ciDir, 'dist');
-    const distContentDir = path.resolve(distDir, getPluginId());
-    const pluginJsonFile = path.resolve(distContentDir, 'plugin.json');
-    const pluginInfo = getPluginJson(pluginJsonFile).info;
-    const PUBLISH_DIR = path.resolve(getCiFolder(), 'packages');
-    const commitHash = this.commitHash || pluginInfo.build?.hash;
-
-    try {
-      const latestRelease: AxiosResponse<any> = await this.git.client.get(`releases/tags/v${pluginInfo.version}`);
-
-      // Re-release if the version is the same as an existing release
-      if (latestRelease.data.tag_name === `v${pluginInfo.version}`) {
-        await this.git.client.delete(`releases/${latestRelease.data.id}`);
-      }
-    } catch (reason: any) {
-      if (reason.response.status !== 404) {
-        // 404 just means no release found. Not an error. Anything else though, re throw the error
-        throw reason;
-      }
-    }
-
-    try {
-      // Now make the release
-      const newReleaseResponse = await this.git.client.post('releases', {
-        tag_name: `v${pluginInfo.version}`,
-        target_commitish: commitHash,
-        name: `v${pluginInfo.version}`,
-        body: this.releaseNotes,
-        draft: false,
-        prerelease: false,
-      });
-
-      const publishPromises = this.publishAssets(
-        PUBLISH_DIR,
-        `https://uploads.github.com/repos/${this.username}/${this.repository}/releases/${newReleaseResponse.data.id}/assets`
-      );
-      await Promise.all(publishPromises);
-    } catch (reason: any) {
-      console.error(reason.data?.message ?? reason.response.data ?? reason);
-      // Rethrow the error so that we can trigger a non-zero exit code to circle-ci
-      throw reason;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-export { GitHubRelease };
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/plugins/env.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/plugins/env.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 56b9e126351..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/plugins/env.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-
-export const getCiFolder = () => {
-  const dir = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'ci');
-  if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
-    fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
-  }
-  return dir;
-};
diff --git a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/plugins/index.ts b/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/plugins/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c1532d6d2e4..00000000000
--- a/packages/grafana-toolkit/src/plugins/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export * from './env';
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 0cd65e92e8d..5c6a2b2c782 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3399,7 +3399,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@grafana/ui": 10.0.0-pre
     "@jest/core": 27.5.1
     "@types/eslint": 8.4.1
-    "@types/fs-extra": ^9.0.13
     "@types/jest": 27.4.1
     "@types/lodash": 4.14.181
     "@types/node": 16.11.26
@@ -3410,7 +3409,6 @@ __metadata:
     "@types/tmp": 0.2.3
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": 5.36.2
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": 5.36.2
-    axios: ^0.26.1
     babel-jest: 27.5.1
     babel-loader: ^8.2.5
     babel-plugin-angularjs-annotate: 0.10.0
@@ -3426,7 +3424,6 @@ __metadata:
     eslint-plugin-react-hooks: 4.6.0
     execa: ^5.1.1
     fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin: ^7.2.1
-    fs-extra: ^10.0.0
     globby: ^11.0.4
     html-loader: ^3.1.0
     html-webpack-plugin: ^5.5.0
@@ -9495,15 +9492,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"@types/fs-extra@npm:^9.0.13":
-  version: 9.0.13
-  resolution: "@types/fs-extra@npm:9.0.13"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node": "*"
-  checksum: add79e212acd5ac76b97b9045834e03a7996aef60a814185e0459088fd290519a3c1620865d588fa36c4498bf614210d2a703af5cf80aa1dbc125db78f6edac3
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "@types/geojson@npm:*":
   version: 7946.0.8
   resolution: "@types/geojson@npm:7946.0.8"
@@ -12471,15 +12459,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"axios@npm:^0.26.1":
-  version: 0.26.1
-  resolution: "axios@npm:0.26.1"
-  dependencies:
-    follow-redirects: ^1.14.8
-  checksum: d9eb58ff4bc0b36a04783fc9ff760e9245c829a5a1052ee7ca6013410d427036b1d10d04e7380c02f3508c5eaf3485b1ae67bd2adbfec3683704745c8d7a6e1a
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "axios@npm:^0.27.2":
   version: 0.27.2
   resolution: "axios@npm:0.27.2"
@@ -19119,7 +19098,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"follow-redirects@npm:^1.0.0, follow-redirects@npm:^1.14.8":
+"follow-redirects@npm:^1.0.0":
   version: 1.14.8
   resolution: "follow-redirects@npm:1.14.8"
   peerDependenciesMeta: