diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 26bad9e..0000000
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-## [3.4.0](https://github.com/bradennapier/eslint-plus-action/compare/v3.3.0...v3.4.0) (2020-07-14)
-
-
-### Features
-
-* update package.json version on release ([bbfe8f1](https://github.com/bradennapier/eslint-plus-action/commit/bbfe8f18d233285b8459542aa815e3677cb48c16))
-
-## [3.4.0-beta.1](https://github.com/bradennapier/eslint-plus-action/compare/v3.3.0...v3.4.0-beta.1) (2020-07-14)
-
-
-### Features
-
-* update package.json version on release ([bbfe8f1](https://github.com/bradennapier/eslint-plus-action/commit/bbfe8f18d233285b8459542aa815e3677cb48c16))
-
-## [3.3.0](https://github.com/bradennapier/eslint-plus-action/compare/v3.2.0...v3.3.0) (2020-07-14)
-
-
-### Features
-
-* start of `semantic-release` automation
-
-
-### Bug Fixes
diff --git a/release.config.js b/release.config.js
index 0777756..ce308e3 100644
--- a/release.config.js
+++ b/release.config.js
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ module.exports = {
         preset: 'conventionalcommits',
       },
     ],
-    // creates CHANGELOG.md
-    '@semantic-release/changelog',
     [
       '@google/semantic-release-replace-plugin',
       {
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ module.exports = {
       // commits the changed files to git
       '@semantic-release/git',
       {
-        assets: ['package.json', 'CHANGELOG.md', 'README.md'],
+        assets: ['package.json', 'README.md'],
       },
     ],
     // creates the github release