diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d181290..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-name: Release CI
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-
-jobs:
-  run_tests:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-
-  release:
-    name: Release
-    needs: run_tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write  # Required for OIDC
-      contents: write  # For Semantic Release tagging
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4.4.0
-        with:
-          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-
-      - name: Create Build
-        run: npm run build
-
-      - name: Release Package
-        run: npx semantic-release@25
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENEDX_SEMANTIC_RELEASE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index f1a0f7c..921ec6a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -5,3 +5,19 @@ A simple fake implementation of a proctoring service, for development of
 `edx-proctoring`_
 
 .. _edx-proctoring: https://github.com/openedx/edx-proctoring/
+
+Using mockprock
+---------------
+
+``mockprock`` is a development- and testing-only tool. Both the Python package
+and the ``@edx/mockprock`` npm package are consumed directly from a local
+checkout while developing ``edx-proctoring``.
+
+See the `edx-proctoring developing guide`_ for the full backend setup.
+
+.. _edx-proctoring developing guide: https://github.com/openedx/edx-proctoring/blob/master/docs/developing.rst#using-mockprock-as-a-backend
+
+.. note::
+
+   ``mockprock`` is **not** published to PyPI or npm. The previous npm release
+   was dropped, as publishing serves no purpose for a source-consumed dev tool.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fb94a0a..a49c9fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
   "files": [
     "/static"
   ],
-  "publishConfig": {
-    "access": "public"
-  },
   "keywords": [
     "proctoring",
     "OpenedX"