diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 54e90fae6..459ec4454 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -1683,6 +1683,9 @@ packages/server/src/utils/uuidgen.js.map
 packages/tools/lerna-add.d.ts
 packages/tools/lerna-add.js
 packages/tools/lerna-add.js.map
+packages/tools/release-electron.d.ts
+packages/tools/release-electron.js
+packages/tools/release-electron.js.map
 packages/tools/release-server.d.ts
 packages/tools/release-server.js
 packages/tools/release-server.js.map
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7adf9302f..00c7674e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1671,6 +1671,9 @@ packages/server/src/utils/uuidgen.js.map
 packages/tools/lerna-add.d.ts
 packages/tools/lerna-add.js
 packages/tools/lerna-add.js.map
+packages/tools/release-electron.d.ts
+packages/tools/release-electron.js
+packages/tools/release-electron.js.map
 packages/tools/release-server.d.ts
 packages/tools/release-server.js
 packages/tools/release-server.js.map
diff --git a/packages/tools/release-electron.js b/packages/tools/release-electron.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b0b673737..000000000
--- a/packages/tools/release-electron.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-const __awaiter = (this && this.__awaiter) || function(thisArg, _arguments, P, generator) {
-	function adopt(value) { return value instanceof P ? value : new P(function(resolve) { resolve(value); }); }
-	return new (P || (P = Promise))(function(resolve, reject) {
-		function fulfilled(value) { try { step(generator.next(value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
-		function rejected(value) { try { step(generator['throw'](value)); } catch (e) { reject(e); } }
-		function step(result) { result.done ? resolve(result.value) : adopt(result.value).then(fulfilled, rejected); }
-		step((generator = generator.apply(thisArg, _arguments || [])).next());
-	});
-};
-Object.defineProperty(exports, '__esModule', { value: true });
-const tool_utils_1 = require('./tool-utils');
-const appDir = `${tool_utils_1.rootDir}/packages/app-desktop`;
-function main() {
-	return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
-		yield tool_utils_1.gitPullTry(false);
-		const argv = require('yargs').argv;
-		process.chdir(appDir);
-		console.info(`Running from: ${process.cwd()}`);
-		const version = (yield tool_utils_1.execCommand2('npm version patch')).trim();
-		const tagName = version;
-		console.info(`New version number: ${version}`);
-		console.info(yield tool_utils_1.execCommand2('git add -A'));
-		console.info(yield tool_utils_1.execCommand2(`git commit -m "Desktop release ${version}"`));
-		console.info(yield tool_utils_1.execCommand2(`git tag ${tagName}`));
-		console.info(yield tool_utils_1.execCommand2('git push && git push --tags'));
-		const releaseOptions = { isDraft: true, isPreRelease: !!argv.beta };
-		console.info('Release options: ', releaseOptions);
-		const release = yield tool_utils_1.githubRelease('joplin', tagName, releaseOptions);
-		console.info(`Created GitHub release: ${release.html_url}`);
-		console.info('GitHub release page: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/releases');
-		console.info(`To create changelog: node packages/tools/git-changelog.js ${version}`);
-	});
-}
-main().catch((error) => {
-	console.error('Fatal error');
-	console.error(error);
-	process.exit(1);
-});
-// # sourceMappingURL=release-electron.js.map
diff --git a/packages/tools/release-electron.ts b/packages/tools/release-electron.ts
index 4272108ba..b7c80ccc3 100644
--- a/packages/tools/release-electron.ts
+++ b/packages/tools/release-electron.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ async function main() {
 
 	console.info(`New version number: ${version}`);
 
-	console.info(await execCommand2('git add -A'));
-	console.info(await execCommand2(`git commit -m "Desktop release ${version}"`));
-	console.info(await execCommand2(`git tag ${tagName}`));
-	console.info(await execCommand2('git push && git push --tags'));
+	await execCommand2('git add -A');
+	await execCommand2(`git commit -m "Desktop release ${version}"`);
+	await execCommand2(`git tag ${tagName}`);
+	await execCommand2('git push');
+	await execCommand2('git push --tags');
 
 	const releaseOptions = { isDraft: true, isPreRelease: !!argv.beta };