diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a5567d..0000000
--- a/.github/release-drafter.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-name-template: "v$RESOLVED_VERSION"
-tag-template: "v$RESOLVED_VERSION"
-template: |
-  ## What's Changed
-
-  $CHANGES
-
-categories:
-  - title: "Breaking Changes"
-    labels:
-      - "breaking_changes"
-  - title: "New Features"
-    labels:
-      - "feature_request"
-      - "enhancement"
-  - title: "Bug Fixes"
-    labels:
-      - "bug"
-  - title: "Documentation"
-    labels:
-      - "documentation"
-  - title: "Dependencies"
-    labels:
-      - "dependencies"
-  - title: "Maintenance"
-    labels:
-      - "maintenance"
-      - "github_actions"
-
-version-resolver:
-  minor:
-    labels:
-      - "breaking_changes" # intentionally minor: project is pre-1.0
-      - "feature_request"
-      - "enhancement"
-  patch:
-    labels:
-      - "bug"
-      - "documentation"
-      - "dependencies"
-      - "maintenance"
-
-change-template: "- $TITLE (#$NUMBER) @$AUTHOR"
-no-changes-template: "- No changes"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 55c3e2f..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: Release Drafter
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-jobs:
-  update-release-draft:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v7
-        with:
-          config-name: release-drafter.yml
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e884493..e7c0059 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,3 +42,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.41.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260706201446-f0a921348800 // indirect
 )
+
+retract [v0.1.0, v0.1.1]
+
+retract v1.0.0
diff --git a/website/content/docs/release.md b/website/content/docs/release.md
index b7258bf..146cb7b 100644
--- a/website/content/docs/release.md
+++ b/website/content/docs/release.md
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ git tag v1.2.3 && git push origin v1.2.3
 | `make all` passes | Nothing downstream runs the tests |
 | `go test ./pkg/kvs -run TestPublicAPISurface` passes | An unintended change to the exported Go surface is a broken promise — see [Compatibility](../compatibility/) |
 | `goreleaser check` passes | Catches deprecated configuration before a floating GoReleaser version turns it into a failed release |
-| `gh release list` has no stale draft | Release Drafter keeps a rolling draft; it does not collide with a real tag, but it lingers next to the release just cut |
 | The tap still holds its formula | Deleting it before the cask exists leaves `brew install skyoo2003/tap/kvs` with nothing to resolve. The swap belongs after the release job, not before the tag — see below |
 
 A local rehearsal that does everything except publish: