diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 74fd7353fddbc..ac5b8f23b0adf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -32,80 +32,8 @@ env:
   CODER_RELEASE_NOTES: ${{ inputs.release_notes }}
 
 jobs:
-  # build-dylib is a separate job to build the dylib on macOS.
-  build-dylib:
-    runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'coder' && 'depot-macos-latest' || 'macos-latest' }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Harden Runner
-        uses: step-security/harden-runner@0080882f6c36860b6ba35c610c98ce87d4e2f26f # v2.10.2
-        with:
-          egress-policy: audit
-
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Setup build tools
-        run: |
-          brew install bash gnu-getopt make
-          echo "$(brew --prefix bash)/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-          echo "$(brew --prefix gnu-getopt)/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-          echo "$(brew --prefix make)/libexec/gnubin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-go
-
-      - name: Install rcodesign
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          wget -O /tmp/rcodesign.tar.gz https://github.com/indygreg/apple-platform-rs/releases/download/apple-codesign%2F0.22.0/apple-codesign-0.22.0-macos-universal.tar.gz
-          sudo tar -xzf /tmp/rcodesign.tar.gz \
-            -C /usr/local/bin \
-            --strip-components=1 \
-            apple-codesign-0.22.0-macos-universal/rcodesign
-          rm /tmp/rcodesign.tar.gz
-
-      - name: Setup Apple Developer certificate and API key
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          touch /tmp/{apple_cert.p12,apple_cert_password.txt,apple_apikey.p8}
-          chmod 600 /tmp/{apple_cert.p12,apple_cert_password.txt,apple_apikey.p8}
-          echo "$AC_CERTIFICATE_P12_BASE64" | base64 -d > /tmp/apple_cert.p12
-          echo "$AC_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD" > /tmp/apple_cert_password.txt
-          echo "$AC_APIKEY_P8_BASE64" | base64 -d > /tmp/apple_apikey.p8
-        env:
-          AC_CERTIFICATE_P12_BASE64: ${{ secrets.AC_CERTIFICATE_P12_BASE64 }}
-          AC_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.AC_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD }}
-          AC_APIKEY_P8_BASE64: ${{ secrets.AC_APIKEY_P8_BASE64 }}
-
-      - name: Build dylibs
-        run: |
-          set -euxo pipefail
-          go mod download
-
-          make gen/mark-fresh
-          make build/coder-dylib
-        env:
-          CODER_SIGN_DARWIN: 1
-          AC_CERTIFICATE_FILE: /tmp/apple_cert.p12
-          AC_CERTIFICATE_PASSWORD_FILE: /tmp/apple_cert_password.txt
-
-      - name: Upload build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@b4b15b8c7c6ac21ea08fcf65892d2ee8f75cf882 # v4.4.3
-        with:
-          name: dylibs
-          path: |
-            ./build/*.h
-            ./build/*.dylib
-          retention-days: 7
-
-      - name: Delete Apple Developer certificate and API key
-        run: rm -f /tmp/{apple_cert.p12,apple_cert_password.txt,apple_apikey.p8}
-
   release:
     name: Build and publish
-    needs: build-dylib
     runs-on: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'coder' && 'depot-ubuntu-22.04-8' || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
     permissions:
       # Required to publish a release
@@ -217,18 +145,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install nsis and zstd
         run: sudo apt-get install -y nsis zstd
 
-      - name: Download dylibs
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
-        with:
-          name: dylibs
-          path: ./build
-
-      - name: Insert dylibs
-        run: |
-          mv ./build/*amd64.dylib ./site/out/bin/coder-vpn-darwin-amd64.dylib
-          mv ./build/*arm64.dylib ./site/out/bin/coder-vpn-darwin-arm64.dylib
-          mv ./build/*arm64.h     ./site/out/bin/coder-vpn-darwin-dylib.h
-
       - name: Install nfpm
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
@@ -355,7 +271,6 @@ jobs:
             ${{ steps.image-base-tag.outputs.tag }}
 
       - name: Verify that images are pushed properly
-        if: steps.image-base-tag.outputs.tag != ''
         run: |
           # retry 10 times with a 5 second delay as the images may not be
           # available immediately
@@ -388,6 +303,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -euxo pipefail
 
+          # build Docker images for each architecture
+          version="$(./scripts/version.sh)"
+          make build/coder_"$version"_linux_{amd64,arm64,armv7}.tag
+
           # we can't build multi-arch if the images aren't pushed, so quit now
           # if dry-running
           if [[ "$CODER_RELEASE" != *t* ]]; then
@@ -395,10 +314,6 @@ jobs:
             exit 0
           fi
 
-          # build Docker images for each architecture
-          version="$(./scripts/version.sh)"
-          make build/coder_"$version"_linux_{amd64,arm64,armv7}.tag
-
           # build and push multi-arch manifest, this depends on the other images
           # being pushed so will automatically push them.
           make push/build/coder_"$version"_linux.tag