diff --git a/dist/automate.go b/dist/automate.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a29e4a06..000000000
--- a/dist/automate.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"runtime"
-	"sync"
-
-	"github.com/mholt/archiver"
-)
-
-var buildScript, repoDir, mainDir, distDir, buildDir, releaseDir string
-
-func init() {
-	repoDir = filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GOPATH"), "src", "github.com", "mholt", "caddy")
-	mainDir = filepath.Join(repoDir, "caddy")
-	buildScript = filepath.Join(mainDir, "build.bash")
-	distDir = filepath.Join(repoDir, "dist")
-	buildDir = filepath.Join(distDir, "builds")
-	releaseDir = filepath.Join(distDir, "release")
-}
-
-func main() {
-	// First, clean up
-	err := os.RemoveAll(buildDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	err = os.RemoveAll(releaseDir)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	// Then set up
-	err = os.MkdirAll(buildDir, 0755)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	err = os.MkdirAll(releaseDir, 0755)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	// Perform builds and make archives in parallel; only as many
-	// goroutines as we have processors.
-	var wg sync.WaitGroup
-	var throttle = make(chan struct{}, numProcs())
-	for _, p := range platforms {
-		wg.Add(1)
-		throttle <- struct{}{}
-
-		if p.os == "" || p.arch == "" || p.archive == "" {
-			log.Fatalf("Platform OS, architecture, and archive format is required: %+v", p)
-		}
-
-		go func(p platform) {
-			defer wg.Done()
-			defer func() { <-throttle }()
-
-			fmt.Printf("== Building %s\n", p)
-
-			var baseFilename, binFilename string
-			baseFilename = fmt.Sprintf("caddy_%s_%s", p.os, p.arch)
-			if p.arch == "arm" {
-				baseFilename += p.arm
-			}
-			binFilename = baseFilename + p.binExt
-
-			binPath := filepath.Join(buildDir, binFilename)
-			archive := filepath.Join(releaseDir, fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", baseFilename, p.archive))
-			archiveContents := append(distContents, binPath)
-
-			err := build(p, binPath)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Fatal(err)
-			}
-
-			fmt.Printf("== Compressing %s\n", baseFilename)
-
-			if p.archive == "zip" {
-				err := archiver.Zip.Make(archive, archiveContents)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Fatal(err)
-				}
-			} else if p.archive == "tar.gz" {
-				err := archiver.TarGz.Make(archive, archiveContents)
-				if err != nil {
-					log.Fatal(err)
-				}
-			}
-		}(p)
-	}
-
-	wg.Wait()
-}
-
-func build(p platform, out string) error {
-	cmd := exec.Command(buildScript, out)
-	cmd.Dir = mainDir
-	cmd.Env = os.Environ()
-	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "CGO_ENABLED=0")
-	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "GOOS="+p.os)
-	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "GOARCH="+p.arch)
-	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "GOARM="+p.arm)
-	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
-	return cmd.Run()
-}
-
-type platform struct {
-	os, arch, arm, binExt, archive string
-}
-
-func (p platform) String() string {
-	outStr := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", p.os, p.arch)
-	if p.arch == "arm" {
-		outStr += fmt.Sprintf(" (ARM v%s)", p.arm)
-	}
-	return outStr
-}
-
-func numProcs() int {
-	n := runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0)
-	if n == runtime.NumCPU() && n > 1 {
-		n--
-	}
-	return n
-}
-
-// See: https://golang.org/doc/install/source#environment
-// Not all supported platforms are listed since some are
-// problematic and we only build the most common ones.
-// These are just the pre-made, readily-available static
-// builds, and we can try to add more upon request if there
-// is enough demand.
-var platforms = []platform{
-	{os: "darwin", arch: "amd64", archive: "zip"},
-	{os: "freebsd", arch: "386", archive: "tar.gz"},
-	{os: "freebsd", arch: "amd64", archive: "tar.gz"},
-	{os: "freebsd", arch: "arm", arm: "7", archive: "tar.gz"},
-	{os: "linux", arch: "386", archive: "tar.gz"},
-	{os: "linux", arch: "amd64", archive: "tar.gz"},
-	{os: "linux", arch: "arm", arm: "7", archive: "tar.gz"},
-	{os: "linux", arch: "arm64", archive: "tar.gz"},
-	{os: "netbsd", arch: "386", archive: "tar.gz"},
-	{os: "netbsd", arch: "amd64", archive: "tar.gz"},
-	{os: "openbsd", arch: "386", archive: "tar.gz"},
-	{os: "openbsd", arch: "amd64", archive: "tar.gz"},
-	{os: "solaris", arch: "amd64", archive: "tar.gz"},
-	{os: "windows", arch: "386", binExt: ".exe", archive: "zip"},
-	{os: "windows", arch: "amd64", binExt: ".exe", archive: "zip"},
-}
-
-var distContents = []string{
-	filepath.Join(distDir, "init"),
-	filepath.Join(distDir, "CHANGES.txt"),
-	filepath.Join(distDir, "LICENSES.txt"),
-	filepath.Join(distDir, "README.txt"),
-}
diff --git a/dist/automate_test.go b/dist/automate_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f5af3704..000000000
--- a/dist/automate_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"runtime"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestNumProcs(t *testing.T) {
-	num := runtime.NumCPU()
-	n := numProcs()
-	if n > num || n < 1 {
-		t.Errorf("Expected numProcs() to return max(NumCPU-1, 1) or at least some "+
-			"reasonable value (depending on CI environment), but got n=%d (NumCPU=%d)", n, num)
-	}
-}