diff --git a/script/release b/script/release
index 988376f..971a4e7 100755
--- a/script/release
+++ b/script/release
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fi
 # Set so that setup.py will create a public release style version number
 export OCTODNS_RELEASE=1
 
-VERSION="$(grep "^__VERSION__" "$ROOT/octodns_powerdns/__init__.py" | sed -e "s/.* = '//" -e "s/'$//")"
+VERSION="$(grep "^__version__" "$ROOT/octodns_powerdns/__init__.py" | sed -e "s/.* = '//" -e "s/'$//")"
 
 git tag -s "v$VERSION" -m "Release $VERSION"
 git push origin "v$VERSION"
diff --git a/script/sdist b/script/sdist
deleted file mode 100755
index b7639d2..0000000
--- a/script/sdist
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-set -o pipefail
-
-cd "$(dirname "$0")"/..
-ROOT=$(pwd)
-
-if ! git diff-index --quiet HEAD --; then
-    echo "Changes in local directory, commit or clear" >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-VERSION="$(grep __VERSION__ "$ROOT/octodns_powerdns/__init__.py" | sed -e "s/.* = '//" -e "s/'$//")"
-SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-python setup.py sdist
-TARBALL="dist/octodns-powerdns-$SHA.tar.gz"
-mv dist/octodns-powerdns-$VERSION.tar.gz "$TARBALL"
-
-echo "Created $TARBALL"