diff --git a/bin/generate-docs.sh b/bin/generate-docs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2a43ca7e6799e..0000000000000
--- a/bin/generate-docs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-declare -a packages=(
-	"e2e-test-utils"
-	"shortcode"
-)
-
-for package in "${packages[@]}"
-do
-	npx docgen packages/${package}/src/index.js --output packages/${package}/README.md --to-token;
-done
diff --git a/bin/update-readmes.js b/bin/update-readmes.js
index c094bc57a5b2b..7fa3b9f6bd1c8 100755
--- a/bin/update-readmes.js
+++ b/bin/update-readmes.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const childProcess = require( 'child_process' );
 
 const packages = [
 	'e2e-test-utils',
+	'shortcode',
 ];
 
 let aggregatedExitCode = 0;