diff --git a/tools/packaging/release/publish-kata-image.sh b/tools/packaging/release/publish-kata-image.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#Copyright (c) 2018 Intel Corporation
-#
-#SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-#
-
-[ -z "${DEBUG}" ] || set -x
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-
-workdir="${PWD}"
-
-readonly script_name="$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
-readonly script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-readonly project="kata-containers"
-GOPATH=${GOPATH:-${HOME}/go}
-
-source "${script_dir}/../scripts/lib.sh"
-source "${script_dir}/../obs-packaging/scripts/pkglib.sh"
-
-die() {
-	msg="$*"
-	echo "ERROR: ${FUNCNAME[1]} ${msg}" >&2
-	exit 1
-}
-
-usage() {
-	return_code=${1:-0}
-	cat <<EOF
-Usage:
-
-${script_name} [options]  <version>
-
-version: Kata version to create the image.
-
-Create image for a kata version.
-
-options:
-
--h      : show this help
--p      : push image to github
-EOF
-
-	exit "${return_code}"
-}
-
-main() {
-	push="false"
-	while getopts "d:hp" opt; do
-		case $opt in
-		h) usage 0 ;;
-		p) push="true" ;;
-		esac
-	done
-
-	shift $((OPTIND - 1))
-	kata_version=${1:-}
-	[ -n "${kata_version}" ] || usage "1"
-
-	ref="refs/tags/${kata_version}^{}"
-	agent_sha=$(get_kata_hash "agent" "${ref}")
-	agent_sha=${agent_sha:0:${short_commit_length}}
-	image_tarball=$(find -name 'kata-containers-*.tar.gz' | grep "${kata_version}" | grep "${agent_sha}") ||
-		"${script_dir}/../obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/build_image.sh" -v "${kata_version}"
-	image_tarball=$(find -name 'kata-containers-*.tar.gz' | grep "${kata_version}" | grep "${agent_sha}" ) || die "file not found ${image_tarball}"
-
-	if [ ${push} == "true" ]; then
-		hub -C "${GOPATH}/src/github.com/${project}/agent" release edit -a "${image_tarball}" "${kata_version}"
-	else
-		echo "Wont push image to github use -p option to do it."
-	fi
-}
-
-main $@