diff --git a/releasing/create-release.sh b/releasing/create-release.sh
index 71e9fa24fd..26f00c403e 100755
--- a/releasing/create-release.sh
+++ b/releasing/create-release.sh
@@ -23,29 +23,14 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
 
-declare -a RELEASE_TYPES=("major" "minor" "patch")
-upstream_master="master"
-origin_master="master"
-
 if [[ -z "${1-}" ]]; then
   echo "Usage: $0 TAG"
   echo "  TAG: the tag to build or release, e.g. api/v1.2.3"
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if [[ -z "${2-}" ]]; then
-  echo "Release type not specified, using default value: patch"
-  release_type="patch"
-elif [[ ! "${RELEASE_TYPES[*]}" =~ "${2}" ]]; then
-  echo "Unsupported release type, only input these values: major, minor, patch."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 git_tag=$1
-release_type=$2
-
 echo "release tag: $git_tag"
-echo "release type: $release_type"
 
 # Build the release binaries for every OS/arch combination.
 # It builds compressed artifacts on $release_dir.
@@ -96,39 +81,22 @@ function build_kustomize_binary {
 }
 
 function create_release {
-  source ./releasing/helpers.sh
-
   git_tag=$1
 
   # Take everything before the last slash.
   # This is expected to match $module.
   module=${git_tag%/*}
-  module_slugified=$(echo $module | iconv -t ascii//TRANSLIT | sed -E -e 's/[^[:alnum:]]+/-/g' -e 's/^-+|-+$//g' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
 
   # Take everything after the last slash.
   version=${git_tag##*/}
 
-  determineNextVersion $@
-
-  release_branch="release-${module}/${nextVersion}"
-
-  # Create release branch release-{module}/{version}
-  echo "Creating release branch $release_branch..."
-  git fetch --tags upstream $upstream_master
-  git branch $release_branch $origin_master
-  git commit -a -m "create release branch $release_branch" || true
-  git push -f origin $release_branch
-
   # Generate the changelog for this release
   # using the last two tags for the module
   changelog_file=$(mktemp)
-  ./releasing/compile-changelog.sh "$module" "HEAD" "$changelog_file"
+  ./releasing/compile-changelog.sh "$module" "$git_tag" "$changelog_file"
 
   additional_release_artifacts_arg=""
 
-  # Trigger workflow for respective modeule release
-  gh workflow run "release-${module_slugified}.yml" -f "release_type=${release_type}" -f "release_branch=${release_branch}"
-
   # build `kustomize` binary
   if [[ "$module" == "kustomize" ]]; then
     release_artifact_dir=$(mktemp -d)
@@ -154,27 +122,6 @@ function create_release {
     --notes-file "$changelog_file"
 }
 
-function determineNextVersion {
-    currentTag=$(git tag --list "${module}*"  --sort=-creatordate | head -n1)
-    currentVersion=$(echo ${currentTag##*/} | cut -d'v' -f2)
-    majorVer=$(echo $currentVersion | cut -d'.' -f1)
-    minorVer=$(echo $currentVersion | cut -d'.' -f2)
-    patchVer=$(echo $currentVersion | cut -d'.' -f3)
-
-    if [[ ${release_type} == "major" ]]; then
-      majorVer="$(($majorVer + 1))"
-    elif [[ ${release_type} == "minor" ]]; then
-      minorVer="$(($minorVer + 1))"
-    elif [[ ${release_type} == "patch" ]]; then
-      patchVer="$(($patchVer + 1))"
-    else
-      echo "Error: release_type not supported. Available values 'major', 'minor', 'patch'"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-
-    nextVersion="$majorVer.$minorVer.$patchVer"
-    return 
-}
 
 ## create release
 create_release "$git_tag"