diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 9ca4871e..cbc2a657 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ on:
       - 'windows**'
       - '**.go'
       - 'go.*'
-      - '.goreleaser.yaml'
       - 'config'
       - '!**.md'
   pull_request:
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ on:
       - 'windows**'
       - '**.go'
       - 'go.*'
-      - '.goreleaser.yaml'
       - 'config'
       - '!**.md'
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -101,34 +99,30 @@ jobs:
           & "C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MpCmdRun.exe" -ListAllDynamicSignatures
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          # KEEP fetch-depth for goreleaser
-          # https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser-action/blob/696b757ee8f3742e68b261173b9eeeb96306a57f/README.md?plain=1#L77
+          # KEEP fetch-depth for gh command
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version-file: 'go.mod'
           cache-dependency-path: 'go.sum'
-      - name: Install goreleaser
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
-        with:
-          install-only: true
-          version: 'v2.4.8' # selfup { "extract": "\\d[^']+", "replacer": ["bash", "-c", "goreleaser --version | grep 'GitVersion:'"], "nth": 2 }
       - name: List files - before build
         run: Get-ChildItem
       - name: Build winit-*
-        run: goreleaser build --snapshot --clean
+        # unnecessary to build wsl-* here, it should be done in linux runners
+        run: |
+          go build -o 'dist/' ./cmd/winit-reg
+          go build -o 'dist/' ./cmd/winit-conf
       - name: List files - after build
         run: |
           Get-ChildItem
           Get-ChildItem -Recurse .\dist
-      # https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser-action/tree/5fdedb94abba051217030cc86d4523cf3f02243d#upload-artifacts
       - name: Upload artifact
         id: upload-artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: winit
-          path: dist/**/*.exe
+          path: dist
       - name: Download the artifact to make sure we can actually use it
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
@@ -166,20 +160,22 @@ jobs:
       # - note: https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/b07d2ebb7d865f95320e2bc708a2d1efb2152c5a/README.md#L14
       - name: Rebel against unacceptable default
         run: |
-          .\dist\winit-reg_windows_amd64_v1\winit-reg.exe list
-          .\dist\winit-reg_windows_amd64_v1\winit-reg.exe run --all
+          .\dist\winit-reg.exe list
+          .\dist\winit-reg.exe run --all
       # This logics can be finished even if tools are not installed
       - name: Put config files around terminals
         run: |
           Write-Host "$PROFILE"
-          .\dist\winit-conf_windows_amd64_v1\winit-conf.exe run
+          .\dist\winit-conf.exe run
           Install-Module -Force -Name PSFzfHistory
-          .\dist\winit-conf_windows_amd64_v1\winit-conf.exe generate -path="config/powershell/Profile.ps1" > "$PROFILE"
+          .\dist\winit-conf.exe generate -path="config/powershell/Profile.ps1" > "$PROFILE"
       - name: Make sure it correctly copied some config files
         run: |
           Test-Path "$PROFILE"
           Get-Content "$PROFILE"
       - name: Release the product
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
-          goreleaser release --clean
+          gh release create --verify-tag "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --title "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" dist/*.exe
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a9bf63a..00000000
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-# This is an example .goreleaser.yml file with some sensible defaults.
-# Make sure to check the documentation at https://goreleaser.com
-before:
-  hooks:
-  # # You may remove this if you don't use go modules.
-  # - go mod tidy
-  # # you may remove this if you don't need go generate
-  # - go generate ./...
-# https://github.com/orgs/goreleaser/discussions/1531
-builds:
-  - id: winit-reg
-    binary: winit-reg
-    env:
-      - CGO_ENABLED=0
-    main: ./cmd/winit-reg
-    goos:
-      - windows
-    goarch:
-      - amd64
-  - id: winit-conf
-    binary: winit-conf
-    env:
-      - CGO_ENABLED=0
-    main: ./cmd/winit-conf
-    goos:
-      - windows
-    goarch:
-      - amd64
-
-archives:
-  - format: tar.gz
-    # this name template makes the OS and Arch compatible with the results of uname.
-    name_template: >-
-      {{ .ProjectName }}_
-      {{- title .Os }}_
-      {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64
-      {{- else if eq .Arch "386" }}i386
-      {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
-      {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
-    # use zip for windows archives
-    format_overrides:
-      - goos: windows
-        format: zip
-checksum:
-  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
-snapshot:
-  name_template: '{{ incpatch .Version }}-next'
-changelog:
-  sort: asc
-  filters:
-    exclude:
-      - '^docs:'
-      - '^test:'
-# The lines beneath this are called `modelines`. See `:help modeline`
-# Feel free to remove those if you don't want/use them.
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://goreleaser.com/static/schema.json
-# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=0 fo=cnqoj
-
-git:
-  # Tags to be ignored by GoReleaser.
-  # This means that GoReleaser will not pick up tags that match any of the
-  # provided values as either previous or current tags.
-  #
-  # Since: v1.21
-  # Templates: allowed
-  ignore_tags:
-    - nixos-24.05-release
-    - nixos-24.11-release
-
-  # I can't use ignore_tag_prefixes, it is GoReleaser Pro only feature :<
diff --git a/cmd/deps/main.go b/cmd/deps/main.go
index 8f529c40..0ecc1cc0 100644
--- a/cmd/deps/main.go
+++ b/cmd/deps/main.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ func main() {
 		{Path: "trufflehog", Args: []string{"--version"}},
 		{Path: "stylua", Args: []string{"--version"}},
 		{Path: "nixpkgs-lint", Args: []string{"--version"}},
-		{Path: "goreleaser", Args: []string{"--version"}},
 		{Path: "selfup", Args: []string{"-version"}},
 
 		// Even if nixfmt returns old version as v0.5.0, the actual code is latest
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 61a97fa7..f785b4c5 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
                   typos
                   typos-lsp # For zed-editor typos extension
                   go_1_23
-                  goreleaser
                   trivy
                   markdownlint-cli2