diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 46b0a32d..199c556c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -26,13 +26,15 @@ If you notice any problems, please report them to the GitHub issue tracker at
 
 ## Releasing
 
-A full release may be completed with the following:
+A full release may be completed by first updating the `"version"` property in package.json, then running the following:
 
 ```
 yarn clean
-yarn grunt
-yarn grunt uglify
+yarn grunt release
 yarn publish
 ```
 
-After releasing, remember to update `diff.js` on the `gh-pages` branch to the latest built version from the `dist/` folder.
+After releasing, remember to:
+* commit the `package.json` change and push it to GitHub
+* create a new version tag on GitHub
+* update `diff.js` on the `gh-pages` branch to the latest built version from the `dist/` folder.
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index e6ef2450..281c380b 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-mocha-istanbul');
   grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-exec');
 
-  grunt.task.loadTasks('tasks');
-
   grunt.registerTask('dev', ['clean', 'watch']);
   grunt.registerTask('default', ['clean', 'build', 'cover']);
 };
diff --git a/tasks/version.js b/tasks/version.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f807fd38..00000000
--- a/tasks/version.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-let semver = require('semver');
-
-module.exports = function(grunt) {
-  grunt.registerTask('version', 'Updates the current release version', function() {
-    let done = this.async(),
-        pkg = grunt.config('pkg'),
-        version = grunt.option('ver');
-
-    if (!semver.valid(version)) {
-      throw new Error('Must provide a version number (Ex: --ver=1.0.0):\n\t' + version + '\n\n');
-    }
-
-    pkg.version = version;
-    grunt.config('pkg', pkg);
-
-    grunt.log.writeln('Updating to version ' + version);
-
-    grunt.task.run(['release']);
-    done();
-  });
-};