diff --git a/scripts/automation/release.sh b/scripts/automation/release.sh
index a1c528e..8debf56 100755
--- a/scripts/automation/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/automation/release.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,6 @@
 
 source config.env
 
-# If there is no catalog or markdown, then there is nothing to do
-COUNT_CATALOG_MD=$(ls -l md_catalogs | grep ^- | wc -l)
-COUNT_CATALOGS=$(ls -l catalogs | grep ^- | wc -l)
-let "INITIALIZED = $COUNT_CATALOG_MD + $COUNT_CATALOGS"
-if [ $INITIALIZED -eq 0 ]
-then
-	echo "no catalog or markdown, nothing to do"
-	exit 0
-fi
-
 version_tag=$(semantic-release print-version)
 echo "Bumping version of catalogs to ${version_tag}" 
 export VERSION_TAG="$version_tag"