diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 53e373d8..d71c16cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,28 +18,3 @@ jobs:
     uses: Taure/erlang-ci/.github/workflows/release.yml@v2.1.4
     permissions:
       contents: write
-
-  # Downstream asobi_lua pins asobi by git ref and only refreshes that pin on
-  # its nightly schedule, so a fix released here can sit unpublished for a day
-  # (asobi_lua#103). Push the news instead of waiting for the poll.
-  #
-  # A separate job, not a step: the release itself is a reusable workflow this
-  # repo cannot add steps to. It also reports success when git-cliff decided no
-  # bump was due, so `needs.release.result` alone would dispatch on every merge
-  # to main - the script gates on a tag actually pointing at HEAD.
-  notify-asobi-lua:
-    needs: release
-    if: needs.release.result == 'success'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - name: Trigger asobi_lua's pin bump
-        env:
-          # Cross-repo dispatch; the default GITHUB_TOKEN cannot do it.
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ASOBI_LUA_DISPATCH_TOKEN }}
-        run: scripts/dispatch-asobi-lua-pin-bump.sh
diff --git a/scripts/dispatch-asobi-lua-pin-bump.sh b/scripts/dispatch-asobi-lua-pin-bump.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 73edaa82..00000000
--- a/scripts/dispatch-asobi-lua-pin-bump.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Tells widgrensit/asobi_lua a release just happened here, so its pin-bump
-# workflow runs immediately instead of waiting up to a day for its next
-# nightly schedule (asobi #276, asobi_lua #103).
-#
-# The release job only tags when git-cliff decides a bump is due, and the
-# reusable erlang-ci workflow exports no output saying whether it did. A tag
-# pointing at HEAD is the signal: present means this run released, absent
-# means it skipped and there is nothing for asobi_lua to pick up.
-#
-# Usage: scripts/dispatch-asobi-lua-pin-bump.sh
-# Env:   GH_TOKEN - PAT or app token with write access to widgrensit/asobi_lua.
-#        The default GITHUB_TOKEN cannot dispatch across repositories.
-set -uo pipefail
-
-tag="$(git tag --points-at HEAD --list 'v*' | sort -V | tail -1)"
-
-if [ -z "$tag" ]; then
-  echo "No release tag on HEAD; nothing to dispatch."
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-if [ -z "${GH_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
-  echo "::warning::No dispatch token configured; asobi_lua will not see $tag until its nightly pin bump."
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-if ! gh api repos/widgrensit/asobi_lua/dispatches \
-  -f event_type=asobi-released \
-  -f "client_payload[tag]=$tag"; then
-  echo "::error::Failed to dispatch asobi-released ($tag) to widgrensit/asobi_lua."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Dispatched asobi-released ($tag) to widgrensit/asobi_lua."
diff --git a/scripts/test/dispatch-asobi-lua-pin-bump-test.sh b/scripts/test/dispatch-asobi-lua-pin-bump-test.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c2df945c..00000000
--- a/scripts/test/dispatch-asobi-lua-pin-bump-test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Tests for scripts/dispatch-asobi-lua-pin-bump.sh. Runs the script against a
-# throwaway git repo with `gh` stubbed on PATH, so the release-detection and
-# token-handling branches are exercised without touching GitHub.
-set -uo pipefail
-
-script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")/.." && pwd)"
-script="$script_dir/dispatch-asobi-lua-pin-bump.sh"
-fail=0
-
-setup() {
-  work="$(mktemp -d)"
-  stub_bin="$work/bin"
-  mkdir -p "$stub_bin"
-  cat >"$stub_bin/gh" <<'STUB'
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-printf '%s\n' "$*" >>"$GH_CALLS"
-exit "${GH_EXIT:-0}"
-STUB
-  chmod +x "$stub_bin/gh"
-  export GH_CALLS="$work/gh-calls"
-  : >"$GH_CALLS"
-
-  git init --quiet "$work/repo"
-  git -C "$work/repo" config user.email test@example.com
-  git -C "$work/repo" config user.name test
-  git -C "$work/repo" commit --quiet --allow-empty -m "chore: initial"
-}
-
-teardown() {
-  rm -rf "$work"
-  unset GH_CALLS GH_EXIT
-}
-
-run_script() {
-  (cd "$work/repo" && PATH="$stub_bin:$PATH" "$script" 2>&1)
-}
-
-check() {
-  local name="$1" expected="$2" actual="$3"
-  if [ "$expected" = "$actual" ]; then
-    echo "ok - $name"
-  else
-    echo "FAIL - $name: expected '$expected', got '$actual'"
-    fail=1
-  fi
-}
-
-# Untagged HEAD: the release job skipped, so nothing is dispatched.
-setup
-export GH_TOKEN=t
-out="$(run_script)"; rc=$?
-check "untagged HEAD exits 0" 0 "$rc"
-check "untagged HEAD dispatches nothing" "" "$(cat "$GH_CALLS")"
-case "$out" in *"nothing to dispatch"*) echo "ok - untagged HEAD says why";; *) echo "FAIL - untagged HEAD message: $out"; fail=1;; esac
-teardown
-
-# Tagged HEAD without a token: warn loudly, never fail the release.
-setup
-git -C "$work/repo" tag v1.2.3
-unset GH_TOKEN
-out="$(run_script)"; rc=$?
-check "missing token exits 0" 0 "$rc"
-check "missing token dispatches nothing" "" "$(cat "$GH_CALLS")"
-case "$out" in *"::warning::"*) echo "ok - missing token warns";; *) echo "FAIL - missing token warning: $out"; fail=1;; esac
-teardown
-
-# Tagged HEAD with a token: dispatch carries the tag that was just released.
-setup
-git -C "$work/repo" tag v1.2.3
-export GH_TOKEN=t
-out="$(run_script)"; rc=$?
-check "release exits 0" 0 "$rc"
-check "release dispatches once" \
-  "api repos/widgrensit/asobi_lua/dispatches -f event_type=asobi-released -f client_payload[tag]=v1.2.3" \
-  "$(cat "$GH_CALLS")"
-teardown
-
-# Several tags on one commit: the highest version wins, not the first sorted.
-setup
-git -C "$work/repo" tag v1.9.0
-git -C "$work/repo" tag v1.10.0
-export GH_TOKEN=t
-run_script >/dev/null
-check "highest version dispatched" \
-  "api repos/widgrensit/asobi_lua/dispatches -f event_type=asobi-released -f client_payload[tag]=v1.10.0" \
-  "$(cat "$GH_CALLS")"
-teardown
-
-# A refused dispatch is a red job, not a silent no-op.
-setup
-git -C "$work/repo" tag v1.2.3
-export GH_TOKEN=t GH_EXIT=1
-out="$(run_script)"; rc=$?
-check "failed dispatch exits 1" 1 "$rc"
-case "$out" in *"::error::"*) echo "ok - failed dispatch errors";; *) echo "FAIL - failed dispatch message: $out"; fail=1;; esac
-teardown
-
-exit "$fail"