diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 8a7a580b6..1efda279e 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -2,28 +2,14 @@
 # Prepare for a release
 #
 # All additional options are passed to `rooster`
-#
-# See `scripts/release/` for supporting files.
 set -eu
 
 script_root="$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")")"
 project_root="$(dirname "$script_root")"
 
-cd "$script_root/release"
-echo "Setting up a temporary environment..."
-uv venv
-
-source ".venv/bin/activate"
-uv pip install -r requirements.txt
-
 echo "Updating metadata with rooster..."
 cd "$project_root"
-rooster release "$@"
+uv tool run --from rooster-blue --isolated -- rooster release "$@"
 
 echo "Updating lockfile..."
 cargo update -p uv
-
-echo "Generating contributors list..."
-echo ""
-echo ""
-rooster contributors --quiet
diff --git a/scripts/release/requirements.in b/scripts/release/requirements.in
deleted file mode 100644
index e47c37092..000000000
--- a/scripts/release/requirements.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rooster-blue
diff --git a/scripts/release/requirements.txt b/scripts/release/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2df4e3dce..000000000
--- a/scripts/release/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# This file was autogenerated by uv v0.1.1 via the following command:
-#    uv pip compile scripts/release/requirements.in -o scripts/release/requirements.txt --upgrade
-annotated-types==0.6.0
-    # via pydantic
-anyio==4.3.0
-    # via httpx
-certifi==2024.2.2
-    # via
-    #   httpcore
-    #   httpx
-cffi==1.16.0
-    # via pygit2
-click==8.1.7
-    # via typer
-h11==0.14.0
-    # via httpcore
-hishel==0.0.12
-    # via rooster-blue
-httpcore==1.0.4
-    # via httpx
-httpx==0.25.2
-    # via
-    #   hishel
-    #   rooster-blue
-idna==3.6
-    # via
-    #   anyio
-    #   httpx
-marko==2.0.3
-    # via rooster-blue
-packaging==23.2
-    # via rooster-blue
-pycparser==2.21
-    # via cffi
-pydantic==2.6.1
-    # via rooster-blue
-pydantic-core==2.16.2
-    # via pydantic
-pygit2==1.14.1
-    # via rooster-blue
-rooster-blue==0.0.2
-setuptools==69.1.0
-    # via pygit2
-sniffio==1.3.0
-    # via
-    #   anyio
-    #   httpx
-tqdm==4.66.2
-    # via rooster-blue
-typer==0.9.0
-    # via rooster-blue
-typing-extensions==4.9.0
-    # via
-    #   pydantic
-    #   pydantic-core
-    #   typer