diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6b51f11..5da7a2c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
     "build": "npm run clean && babel ./src -d lib",
     "test": "npm run test:unit && npm run test:wdio",
     "test:unit": "npm run clean && mocha --compilers js:babel-register test/unit/**/*.test.js",
-    "test:wdio": "npm run clean && wdio ./test/wdio/wdio.config.js"
+    "test:wdio": "npm run clean && wdio ./test/wdio/wdio.config.js",
+    "prepublish": "npm run build",
+    "release": "np"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@
     "babel-register": "^6.9.0",
     "chai": "^3.5.0",
     "mocha": "^2.4.5",
+    "np": "^2.10.0",
     "phantomjs": "^1.9.20",
     "rimraf": "^2.5.2",
     "sinon": "^1.17.4",
diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9041e47..0000000
--- a/scripts/build.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-var execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
-
-function exec(command) {
-  execSync(command, { stdio: [0, 1, 2] });
-}
-
-exec('npm run test');
-exec('npm run build');
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index ac57a90..0000000
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -e
-set -e
-
-export RELEASE=1
-
-if ! [ -e scripts/release.sh ]; then
-  echo >&2 "Please run scripts/release.sh from the repo root"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-update_version() {
-  echo "$(node -p "p=require('./${1}');p.version='${2}';JSON.stringify(p,null,2)")" > $1
-  echo "Updated ${1} version to ${2}"
-}
-
-validate_semver() {
-  if ! [[ $1 =~ ^[0-9]\.[0-9]+\.[0-9](-.+)? ]]; then
-    echo >&2 "Version $1 is not valid! It must be a valid semver string like 1.0.2 or 2.3.0-beta.1"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-}
-
-current_version=$(node -p "require('./package').version")
-
-printf "Next version (current is $current_version)? "
-read next_version
-
-validate_semver $next_version
-
-next_ref="v$next_version"
-
-node scripts/build.js
-
-update_version 'package.json' $next_version
-
-git commit -am "Version $next_version"
-
-# push first to make sure we're up-to-date
-git push origin master
-
-git tag $next_ref
-
-git push origin $next_ref
-
-
-npm publish