diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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index 0967ef42..00000000
--- a/.release-please-manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
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--- a/release-please-config.json
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-{
-    "release-type": "python"
-}