diff --git a/compiler/scripts/release/publish-manual.js b/compiler/scripts/release/publish-manual.js
index df43e98836792..7ce26d6e00506 100644
--- a/compiler/scripts/release/publish-manual.js
+++ b/compiler/scripts/release/publish-manual.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const PUBLISHABLE_PACKAGES = [
   'eslint-plugin-react-compiler',
   'react-compiler-healthcheck',
 ];
-const TIME_TO_RECONSIDER = 3_000;
 
 function _spawn(command, args, options, cb) {
   const child = cp.spawn(command, args, options);
@@ -33,10 +32,6 @@ function execHelper(command, options, streamStdout = false) {
   });
 }
 
-function sleep(ms) {
-  return new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
-}
-
 async function getDateStringForCommit(commit) {
   let dateString = await execHelper(
     `git show -s --no-show-signature --format=%cd --date=format:%Y%m%d ${commit}`
@@ -191,15 +186,6 @@ async function main() {
       );
     }
 
-    if (debug === false) {
-      spinner.info(
-        `🚨🚨🚨 About to publish to npm in ${
-          TIME_TO_RECONSIDER / 1000
-        } seconds. You still have time to kill this script!`
-      );
-      await sleep(TIME_TO_RECONSIDER);
-    }
-
     for (const pkgName of pkgNames) {
       const pkgDir = path.resolve(__dirname, `../../packages/${pkgName}`);
       console.log(`\n========== ${pkgName} ==========\n`);