diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c2bff93..8dfe65b 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -65,40 +65,6 @@ jobs:
             chown ci:root -R .
             sudo -u ci bash -c "source .venv/bin/activate && pytest -vvs tests/test_reproducible_wheels.py"
 
-  reprepro-update-tor:
-    docker:
-      - image: debian:bullseye-backports
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - *addsshkeys
-      - run:
-          name: clone and run reprepro update
-          command: |
-            apt-get update
-            apt-get install -y reprepro ca-certificates dctrl-tools git git-lfs openssh-client \
-                gh python3
-
-            # Clone the dev repo and configure it
-            git clone git@github.com:freedomofpress/securedrop-apt-test.git
-            cd securedrop-apt-test
-            git lfs install
-            git config user.email "securedrop@freedom.press"
-            git config user.name "sdcibot"
-
-            # Import the Tor repo signing key
-            gpg --import repo/conf/updates-keys/*.gpg
-            # Run reprepro update, skip export since we just want the debs (and we don't have
-            # the repo signing key anyways)
-            REPREPRO_BASE_DIR=repo reprepro --export=never update
-
-            # Move the new packages over, intentionally leaving the old ones around
-            mv repo/pool/main/t/tor/*.deb core/focal/
-            git add core/focal/*.deb
-            # If there are changes, diff-index will fail, so we commit and push
-            git diff-index --quiet HEAD || (git commit -m "Automatically updating Tor packages" \
-                && git push origin main && ../scripts/new-tor-issue)
-
-
   build-rpm:
     parameters:
       package:
@@ -179,7 +145,6 @@ workflows:
               only:
                 - main
     jobs:
-      - reprepro-update-tor
       - build-rpm:
           matrix:
             parameters:
diff --git a/scripts/new-tor-issue b/scripts/new-tor-issue
deleted file mode 100755
index b6eb9dc..0000000
--- a/scripts/new-tor-issue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""
-Creates a new issue to track Tor updates or appends a comment
-to any existing issues
-"""
-
-import json
-import random
-import subprocess
-import tempfile
-
-REPOSITORY = "freedomofpress/securedrop"
-# TODO: Add more
-SALUTATIONS = ["Aloha", "Bonjour", "Ciao", "Dear human overlords"]
-TEMPLATE = """\
-{salutation},
-
-A new Tor update is available.
-
-Details should be available on the [Tor forum](https://forum.torproject.net/c/news/tor-release-announcement/28).
-
-<details><summary>Here is the commit I just pushed to
-apt-test:</summary>
-
-```diff
-{patch}
-```
-</details>
-
-* [x] CI adds new packages to apt-test
-* [ ] Install tor, tor-geoipdb packages from apt-test on a prod
-      install and let them sit overnight
-* [ ] Verify that tor is still running after reboot, services
-      available, no errors or unexpected messages in logs
-* [ ] Submit a PR to `securedrop-apt-prod` to deploy
-      the same packages
-
-P.S.  This issue was created by `scripts/new-tor-issue` via the CI job `reprepro-update-tor`.
-"""
-TITLE = "New Tor update available"
-
-
-def main():
-    patch = subprocess.check_output(["git", "format-patch", "HEAD~1", "--stdout"]).decode().strip()
-    # Query open issues to see if there's a task already open
-    existing = json.loads(subprocess.check_output(
-        ["gh", "issue", "list", "-R", REPOSITORY,
-         "-S", TITLE, "--json", "title,number"]
-    ))
-    with tempfile.TemporaryFile("w") as message:
-        message.write(TEMPLATE.format(salutation=random.choice(SALUTATIONS), patch=patch))
-        message.seek(0)
-        for issue in existing:
-            # Looks like there's already an open issue
-            if issue["title"] == TITLE:
-                subprocess.run(
-                    ["gh", "issue", "comment", "-R", REPOSITORY,
-                     str(issue["number"]), "-F", "-"],
-                    stdin=message, check=True
-                )
-                return
-
-        # Create a new issue
-        subprocess.run(
-            ["gh", "issue", "create", "-R", REPOSITORY,
-             "--title", TITLE, "-F", "-"],
-            stdin=message, check=True
-        )
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()