diff --git a/.github/workflows/develop.yml b/.github/workflows/develop.yml
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-
-name: develop pre-release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true"
-
-jobs:
-  artifacts:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
-      - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
-        with:
-          distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: '17'
-      - name: setup gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@9e899d11ad247ec76be7a60bc1cf9d3abbb9e7f1
-        with:
-          cache-disabled: true
-      - name: assemble release
-        run:
-          ./gradlew assemble
-      - name: rename and hash files
-        run: |
-          cd build/distributions
-          mv besu*.zip besu-develop.zip
-          mv besu*.tar.gz besu-develop.tar.gz
-          echo "zipSha=$(shasum -a 256 besu*.zip)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "tarSha=$(shasum -a 256 besu*.tar.gz)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          cd ../..
-      - name: delete current develop release
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: gh release delete develop -y --cleanup-tag
-      - name: Upload Release assets
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@de2c0eb89ae2a093876385947365aca7b0e5f844
-        with:
-          prerelease: true
-          name: develop
-          tag_name: develop
-          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
-          append_body: false
-          files: |
-            build/distributions/besu-develop.tar.gz
-            build/distributions/besu-develop.zip
-          body: |
-            This is an automated, bleeding edge build from the tip of ${{ github.ref_name }}. No promises. YOLO.
-            
-            ${{steps.hashes.outputs.tarSha}}
-            ${{steps.hashes.outputs.zipSha}}