diff --git a/.bazelci/presubmit.yml b/.bazelci/presubmit.yml
index 680f7c2..a7e4da0 100644
--- a/.bazelci/presubmit.yml
+++ b/.bazelci/presubmit.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ x_defaults:
     - "//cc:all"
     - "//cc/private/rules_impl:all"
     - "//cc/private/toolchain:all"
-    - "//distro:all"
     - "//examples:all"
     - "//examples/my_c_archive:all"
     - "//examples/my_c_compile:all"
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ x_defaults:
     - "//cc:all"
     - "//cc/private/rules_impl:all"
     - "//cc/private/toolchain:all"
-    - "//distro:all"
     - "//examples:all"
     - "//examples/my_c_archive:all"
     - "//examples/my_c_compile:all"
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index ba32517..b5aa6eb 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -2,19 +2,6 @@ workspace(name = "rules_cc")
 
 load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 
-http_archive(
-    name = "rules_pkg",
-    sha256 = "353b20e8b093d42dd16889c7f918750fb8701c485ac6cceb69a5236500507c27",
-    urls = [
-        "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.5.0/rules_pkg-0.5.0.tar.gz",
-        "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/bazelbuild/rules_pkg/releases/download/0.5.0/rules_pkg-0.5.0.tar.gz",
-    ],
-)
-
-load("@rules_pkg//:deps.bzl", "rules_pkg_dependencies")
-
-rules_pkg_dependencies()
-
 http_archive(
     name = "bazel_federation",
     sha256 = "0d6893f0d18f417a3324ce7f0ed2e6e5b825d6d5ab42f0f3d7877cb313f36453",
diff --git a/distro/BUILD.bazel b/distro/BUILD.bazel
deleted file mode 100644
index 757e2ec..0000000
--- a/distro/BUILD.bazel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-load("@rules_pkg//:pkg.bzl", "pkg_tar")
-load("@rules_pkg//releasing:defs.bzl", "print_rel_notes")
-load("//cc:version.bzl", "version")
-
-package(
-    default_visibility = ["//visibility:private"],
-)
-
-# Build the artifact to put on the github release page.
-pkg_tar(
-    name = "rules_cc-%s" % version,
-    srcs = [
-        "//:distribution",
-        "//cc:distribution",
-    ],
-    extension = "tar.gz",
-    # It is all source code, so make it read-only.
-    mode = "0444",
-    # Make it owned by root so it does not have the uid of the CI robot.
-    owner = "0.0",
-    package_dir = ".",
-    strip_prefix = ".",
-)
-
-print_rel_notes(
-    name = "relnotes",
-    outs = ["relnotes.txt"],
-    repo = "rules_cc",
-    version = version,
-)
diff --git a/distro/README.md b/distro/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 086436c..0000000
--- a/distro/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Package rules_cc
-
-```bash
-bazel build :relnotes
-cat ../bazel-bin/distro/relnotes.txt
-tar tzf ../bazel-bin/distro/rules_cc-*.tar.gz
-```
-
-- Create a new release
-- Copy/paste relnotes.txt into the notes. Adjust as needed.
-- Upload the tar.gz file as an artifact.
diff --git a/internal_deps.bzl b/internal_deps.bzl
index 9df5826..8373b10 100644
--- a/internal_deps.bzl
+++ b/internal_deps.bzl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 """Dependencies that are needed for rules_cc tests and tools."""
 
-load("@bazel_federation//:repositories.bzl", "bazel_skylib", "protobuf", "rules_go", "rules_pkg", "rules_python")
+load("@bazel_federation//:repositories.bzl", "bazel_skylib", "protobuf", "rules_go", "rules_python")
 load("@bazel_federation//:third_party_repositories.bzl", "abseil_py", "py_mock", "six", "zlib")
 
 def rules_cc_internal_deps():
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ def rules_cc_internal_deps():
     bazel_skylib()
     protobuf()
     rules_go()
-    rules_pkg()
     rules_python()
 
     abseil_py()
diff --git a/internal_setup.bzl b/internal_setup.bzl
index 48b269d..709f4b1 100644
--- a/internal_setup.bzl
+++ b/internal_setup.bzl
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 """Setup for rules_cc tests and tools."""
 
-load("@bazel_federation//setup:rules_pkg.bzl", "rules_pkg_setup")
 load("@bazel_federation//setup:rules_python.bzl", "rules_python_setup")
 
 # TODO(fweikert): Add setup.bzl file for skylib to the federation and load it instead of workspace.bzl
@@ -28,5 +27,4 @@ def rules_cc_internal_setup():
     bazel_skylib_workspace()
     go_rules_dependencies()
     go_register_toolchains()
-    rules_pkg_setup()
     rules_python_setup()