remove heron-core-release target
diff --git a/scripts/packages/BUILD b/scripts/packages/BUILD
index 5d24316..ec56f0f 100644
--- a/scripts/packages/BUILD
+++ b/scripts/packages/BUILD
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@
     extension = "tar.gz",
     srcs = generated_release_files,
     deps = [
-        ":heron-core-release",
         ":heron-core-bin",
         ":heron-core-lib-scheduler",
         ":heron-core-lib-packing",