diff --git a/scripts/release/pre-check b/scripts/release/pre-check
deleted file mode 100755
index 82ebf99255..0000000000
--- a/scripts/release/pre-check
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Runs the Bazel workspace status command in order to ensure that the version placeholder
-# will be replaced with the proper version name when building the release output.
-
-versionName=$(yarn -s ng-dev release build-env-stamp | grep -e "BUILD_SCM_VERSION" | cut -d " " -f2)
-
-if [[ ! ${versionName} =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-(rc|next).[0-9]+)?$ ]]; then
-  echo "ERROR: The release will currently have the following version: ${versionName}"
-  echo "This does not match the version format for releases to NPM."
-  echo ""
-  echo "Please ensure that the most recent commit in the current branch is tagged"
-  echo "with the proper version tag."
-  exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/release/publish-latest b/scripts/release/publish-latest
index 3e3bafd981..57b2d34273 100755
--- a/scripts/release/publish-latest
+++ b/scripts/release/publish-latest
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 set -u -e -o pipefail
 
-# Runs the pre-check before performing the publish to ensure
-# the version is valid for release.
-sh "$(dirname "$0")/pre-check";
-
 # Use for production releases
 # Query Bazel for npm_package and ng_package rules with tags=["release-with-framework"]
 # Publish them to npm (tagged next)
diff --git a/scripts/release/publish-next b/scripts/release/publish-next
index 5a30b0db5d..5f49d1b79e 100755
--- a/scripts/release/publish-next
+++ b/scripts/release/publish-next
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 set -u -e -o pipefail
 
-# Runs the pre-check before performing the publish to ensure
-# the version is valid for release.
-sh "$(dirname "$0")/pre-check";
-
 # Use for BETA and RC releases
 # Query Bazel for npm_package and ng_package rules with tags=["release-with-framework"]
 # Publish them to npm (tagged next)