diff --git a/build/build.sh b/build/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0f23d630..00000000
--- a/build/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# create json directory if not already present
-mkdir -p ../json
-# parse API README and print (minified) JSON to stdout, redirect to /json
-./md2json.py ../README.md > ../json/entries.min.json
-# beautify the previously created JSON file, redirect to /json
-python -m json.tool ../json/entries.min.json > ../json/entries.json
diff --git a/build/deploy.sh b/build/deploy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f90e967d..00000000
--- a/build/deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -o errexit -o nounset
-
-rev=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-
-mkdir deploy
-cd deploy
-
-git init
-git config --global user.name $GH_USER
-git config --global user.email $GH_EMAIL
-
-git remote add upstream "https://$GH_TOKEN@github.com/toddmotto/public-apis.git"
-git fetch upstream
-git reset upstream/master
-
-mv ../../json .
-
-git add json/
-git commit -m "rebuild JSON at ${rev}" -m "[ci skip]"
-git push upstream HEAD:master
-
diff --git a/build/main.sh b/build/main.sh
index ade67324..86e08291 100755
--- a/build/main.sh
+++ b/build/main.sh
@@ -8,21 +8,11 @@ if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 echo "format validation passed!"
-./build.sh
-if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
-    echo "JSON build failed!"
-else
-    echo "JSON build success!"
-fi
-if [ "$TRAVIS_BRANCH" == "master" ]
-then
-    echo "Master build - deploying JSON"
-    ./deploy.sh
-fi
 if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ]; then
     echo "running on $TRAVIS_BRANCH branch - skipping Pull Request logic"
     exit 0
 fi
+
 echo "running on Pull Request #$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST"
 DIFF_URL="https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/toddmotto/public-apis/pull/$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST.diff"
 curl $DIFF_URL > diff.txt
@@ -35,16 +25,6 @@ cat additions.txt
 echo "------- END ADDITIONS ------"
 LINK_FILE=additions.txt
 
-echo "checking if /json was changed..."
-if egrep "\+{3}\s.\/json\/" diff.txt > json.txt; then
-    echo "JSON files are auto-generated! Please do not update these files:"
-    cat json.txt
-    exit 1
-else
-    echo "/json check passed!"
-    rm json.txt
-fi
-
 echo "running link validation..."
 ./validate_links.py $LINK_FILE
 if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
diff --git a/build/md2json.py b/build/md2json.py
deleted file mode 100755
index c2a345da..00000000
--- a/build/md2json.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import json
-import sys
-
-
-def markdown_to_json(filename, anchor):
-    """Convert a Markdown file into a JSON string"""
-    category = ""
-    entries = []
-    with open(filename) as fp:
-        lines = (line.rstrip() for line in fp)
-        lines = list(line for line in lines if line and
-                     line.startswith(anchor) or line.startswith('| '))
-    for line in lines:
-        if line.startswith(anchor):
-            category = line.split(anchor)[1].strip()
-            continue
-        chunks = [x.strip() for x in line.split('|')[1:-1]]
-        entry = {
-            'API': chunks[0],
-            'Description': chunks[1],
-            'Auth': None if chunks[2].upper() == 'NO' else chunks[2].strip('`'),
-            'HTTPS': True if chunks[3].upper() == 'YES' else False,
-            'CORS': chunks[4].strip('`'),
-            'Link': chunks[5].replace('[Go!]', '')[1:-1],
-            'Category': category,
-        }
-        entries.append(entry)
-    final = {
-        'count': len(entries),
-        'entries': entries,
-    }
-    return json.dumps(final)
-
-
-def main():
-    num_args = len(sys.argv)
-    if num_args < 2:
-        print("No .md file passed")
-        sys.exit(1)
-    if num_args < 3:
-        anchor = '###'
-    else:
-        anchor = sys.argv[2]
-    print(markdown_to_json(sys.argv[1], anchor))
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()