diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5070e168..3a7b995a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ keeps reading that version for at least 24 months after a successor lands.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Packaging: remove the obsolete homebrew-formula.json manifest
+
+Dropped `scripts/homebrew-formula.json`, a leftover hand-maintained tap
+manifest that nothing consumes: the Homebrew artefact is generated and
+pushed to the tap by goreleaser on release. Updated `scripts/README.md`
+accordingly.
+
 ### Packaging: publish a Homebrew cask on release
 
 goreleaser now generates and pushes a Homebrew cask to the org-wide tap
diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
index dd43c27b..ffce257d 100644
--- a/scripts/README.md
+++ b/scripts/README.md
@@ -8,13 +8,17 @@ the build or test runners. If a script is invoked by `make`, it belongs in
 
 Standalone executables a contributor or operator runs by hand: the canonical
 install script the website serves, the maintainer's local dev-cluster spinner,
-the homebrew tap manifest, and the demo quickstart used in onboarding videos.
+and the demo quickstart used in onboarding videos.
 Keep each script self-documenting (`--help`) and POSIX-portable unless the
 comment block declares otherwise.
 
+Homebrew packaging is not here: the cask is generated and pushed to the tap
+(cybertec-postgresql/homebrew-tap) by goreleaser on release — see the
+`homebrew_casks` stanza in `../.goreleaser.yaml`.
+
 ## Key files / subdirs
 
-- `install.sh` — the curlable installer served at https://get.pghardstorage.org;
+- `install.sh` — the curlable installer served at <https://get.pghardstorage.org>
   resolves the latest release (or `--version <tag>`), downloads the matching
   goreleaser tarball, verifies its SHA-256 against `checksums.txt` (and the
   cosign signature when cosign is installed), then drops the binary into
@@ -23,8 +27,6 @@ comment block declares otherwise.
 - `demo-quickstart.sh` — five-minute end-to-end demo (local repo, backup,
   restore) used by `../docs/tutorials/getting-started.md`
 - `devcluster.sh` — local Patroni + pg_hardstorage dev cluster for maintainers
-- `homebrew-formula.json` — machine-generated tap manifest consumed by the
-  Homebrew formula repo on release
 
 ## Read next
 
diff --git a/scripts/homebrew-formula.json b/scripts/homebrew-formula.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f9c1e58..00000000
--- a/scripts/homebrew-formula.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "bugs": "https://github.com/cybertec-postgresql/pg_hardstorage/issues",
-  "description": "PostgreSQL backup, done right. Continuous WAL streaming is the data plane.",
-  "homepage": "https://github.com/cybertec-postgresql/pg_hardstorage",
-  "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "section": "databases",
-  "stable": true,
-  "dependencies": [
-    "postgresql@18"
-  ]
-}
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