diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 29683e292..bb2ce5fce 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ tests
 !build/dokku.deb
 !tests/dhparam.pem
 !contrib/dokku-installer.py
-!contrib/dokku-update
 !contrib/bash-completion
 !contrib/docker
 vendor
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9323ab8a3..f7be175a6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,3 @@ test-results/
 stack.tgz
 tmp
 coverage.out
-contrib/dokku-update-version
diff --git a/contrib/build-dokku-update.Dockerfile b/contrib/build-dokku-update.Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index b496efbcf..000000000
--- a/contrib/build-dokku-update.Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-FROM dokku/build-base:0.0.1
-
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-
-RUN apt-get update -qq && apt-get -qq -y --no-install-recommends install gcc git build-essential wget ruby-dev ruby1.9.1 lintian rpm help2man man-db
-RUN command -v fpm >/dev/null || sudo gem install fpm --no-ri --no-rdoc
-
-ARG WORKDIR=/go/src/github.com/dokku/dokku
-
-WORKDIR ${WORKDIR}
-
-COPY . ${WORKDIR}
-
-RUN make deb-dokku-update rpm-dokku-update
-
-RUN ls -lha /tmp/
diff --git a/contrib/dokku-update b/contrib/dokku-update
deleted file mode 100755
index 44dfbe5d0..000000000
--- a/contrib/dokku-update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -eo pipefail
-shopt -s nullglob
-
-if [[ -r /etc/default/dokku ]]; then
-  # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-  source /etc/default/dokku
-fi
-
-export DOKKU_ROOT=${DOKKU_ROOT:=~dokku}
-if [[ -f "$DOKKU_ROOT/dokkurc" ]]; then
-  if [[ -r $DOKKU_ROOT/dokkurc ]]; then
-    source "$DOKKU_ROOT/dokkurc"
-  else
-    echo "Unable to read $DOKKU_ROOT/dokkurc for sourcing" 1>&2
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-if [[ -d $DOKKU_ROOT/.dokkurc ]]; then
-  for f in $DOKKU_ROOT/.dokkurc/*; do
-    if [[ -r "$f" ]]; then
-      source "$f"
-    else
-      echo "Unable to read $f for sourcing" 1>&2
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  done
-fi
-[[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
-
-export DOKKU_LIB_ROOT=${DOKKU_LIB_PATH:="/var/lib/dokku"}
-export PLUGIN_PATH=${PLUGIN_PATH:="$DOKKU_LIB_ROOT/plugins"}
-export PLUGIN_ENABLED_PATH=${PLUGIN_ENABLED_PATH:="$PLUGIN_PATH/enabled"}
-export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-
-dokku-log-info() {
-  declare desc="log info formatter"
-  echo "-----> $*"
-}
-
-dokku-log-verbose() {
-  declare desc="log verbose formatter"
-  echo "       $*"
-}
-
-dokku-log-warn() {
-  declare desc="log warning formatter"
-  echo " !     $*" 1>&2
-}
-
-dokku-update-plugin() {
-  declare PLUGIN_NAME="$1"
-  if [[ -d "$PLUGIN_ENABLED_PATH/$PLUGIN_NAME/.git" ]]; then
-    dokku-log-verbose "Updating $PLUGIN_NAME"
-    dokku plugin:update "$PLUGIN_NAME"
-  fi
-}
-
-main() {
-  declare COMMAND="$1"
-  local DOKKU_DISTRO PLUGIN_NAME VERSION
-
-  if [[ -f "/etc/os-release" ]]; then
-    # shellcheck disable=SC1091
-    DOKKU_DISTRO=$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$ID")
-  fi
-
-  if [[ "$COMMAND" == "version" ]] || [[ "$COMMAND" == "-v" ]]; then
-    VERSION=UNRELEASED
-    if [[ -f "/var/lib/dokku-update/VERSION" ]]; then
-      VERSION="$(cat /var/lib/dokku-update/VERSION)"
-    fi
-    echo "dokku-update ${VERSION}"
-    exit 0
-  fi
-
-  dokku-log-info "Running system updates"
-  case "$DOKKU_DISTRO" in
-    arch)
-      yay -Syyua
-      ;;
-    debian | ubuntu)
-      apt-get update -qq >/dev/null
-      apt-get -qq -y dist-upgrade
-      ;;
-    centos | opensuse | rhel)
-      dokku-log-warn "Updating this operating system is not supported"
-      ;;
-    *)
-      dokku-log-warn "Updating this operating system is not supported"
-      exit 1
-      ;;
-  esac
-
-  # update all plugins
-  dokku-log-info "Updating all plugins"
-  for PLUGIN_NAME in $(dokku plugin:list | grep enabled | awk '$1=$1' | cut -d' ' -f1); do
-    dokku-update-plugin "$PLUGIN_NAME"
-  done
-  dokku plugin:install
-
-  # rebuild all applications
-  dokku-log-info "Rebuilding all applications"
-  dokku ps:rebuild --all
-
-  dokku-log-info "Waiting for old containers to stop"
-  sleep 120
-  dokku-log-info "Cleaning up"
-  dokku cleanup --global
-}
-
-main "$@"
diff --git a/contrib/release-dokku-update b/contrib/release-dokku-update
deleted file mode 100755
index 72471a0a4..000000000
--- a/contrib/release-dokku-update
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,160 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -eo pipefail
-[[ $TRACE ]] && set -x
-
-readonly ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")" && pwd)"
-readonly TMP_WORK_DIR="$(mktemp -d "/tmp/dokku-release.XXXXXX")"
-readonly DOKKU_GIT_REV="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-
-trap 'rm -rf "$TMP_WORK_DIR" >/dev/null' RETURN INT TERM EXIT
-
-log-info() {
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-  declare desc="Log info formatter"
-  echo "$*"
-}
-
-log-error() {
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-  declare desc="Log error formatter"
-  echo "!   $*" 1>&2
-}
-
-log-fail() {
-  # shellcheck disable=SC2034
-  declare desc="Log fail formatter"
-  log-error "$*"
-  exit 1
-}
-
-fn-build-dokku() {
-  declare desc="Builds dokku packages within a docker container"
-
-  pushd "$ROOT_DIR" >/dev/null
-  docker build \
-    -f "contrib/build-dokku-update.Dockerfile" \
-    -t dokku-update:build .
-  return "$?"
-}
-
-fn-extract-package() {
-  declare desc="Extract packages from a docker container to the root directory"
-  declare PACKAGE_NAME="$1"
-
-  if [[ -z "$PACKAGE_NAME" ]]; then
-    log-error "Invalid deb file specified"
-    return 1
-  fi
-
-  log-info "(extract-package) writing ${PACKAGE_NAME} to correct path"
-  docker run --rm --entrypoint cat dokku-update:build "/tmp/${PACKAGE_NAME}" >"${ROOT_DIR}/build/${PACKAGE_NAME}"
-  return "$?"
-}
-
-fn-publish-package() {
-  declare desc="Publishes a package to packagecloud"
-  declare IS_RELEASE="$1" RELEASE_TYPE="$2" PACKAGE_NAME="$3"
-  local REPOSITORY=dokku/dokku-betafish DIST=ubuntu
-  local OS_ID ex EXIT_CODE=0
-
-  [[ "$IS_RELEASE" == "true" ]] && REPOSITORY=dokku/dokku
-  [[ "$RELEASE_TYPE" == "rpm" ]] && DIST=el/7
-
-  if [[ "$DIST" == "ubuntu" ]]; then
-    OS_IDS=("xenial" "bionic" "focal")
-    for OS_ID in "${OS_IDS[@]}"; do
-      log-info "(release-dokku-update) pushing ${RELEASE_TYPE} to packagecloud.com/${REPOSITORY}/${DIST}"
-      package_cloud push "${REPOSITORY}/${DIST}/${OS_ID}" "$PACKAGE_NAME"
-      ex="$?"
-      if [[ "$ex" -ne "0" ]]; then
-        EXIT_CODE="$ex"
-      fi
-    done
-
-    DIST=debian
-    OS_IDS=("stretch" "buster")
-    for OS_ID in "${OS_IDS[@]}"; do
-      log-info "(release-dokku-update) pushing ${RELEASE_TYPE} to packagecloud.com/${REPOSITORY}/${DIST}"
-      package_cloud push "${REPOSITORY}/${DIST}/${OS_ID}" "$PACKAGE_NAME"
-      ex="$?"
-      if [[ "$ex" -ne "0" ]]; then
-        EXIT_CODE="$ex"
-      fi
-    done
-  else
-    log-info "(release-dokku-update) pushing ${RELEASE_TYPE} to packagecloud.com/${REPOSITORY}/${DIST}"
-    package_cloud push "${REPOSITORY}/${DIST}" "$PACKAGE_NAME"
-    EXIT_CODE="$?"
-  fi
-  return "$EXIT_CODE"
-}
-
-fn-in-array() {
-  declare desc="return true if value ($1) is in list (all other arguments)"
-
-  local e
-  for e in "${@:2}"; do
-    [[ "$e" == "$1" ]] && return 0
-  done
-  return 1
-}
-
-fn-is-release() {
-  declare desc="Checks if a given run is a release run"
-  declare RELEASE="$1"
-  local IS_RELEASE=false
-  if [[ "$RELEASE" == "major" ]] || [[ "$RELEASE" == "minor" ]] || [[ "$RELEASE" == "patch" ]]; then
-    IS_RELEASE=true
-  fi
-
-  echo "$IS_RELEASE"
-}
-
-fn-require-bin() {
-  declare desc="Checks that a binary exists"
-  declare BINARY="$1"
-  if ! command -v "$BINARY" &>/dev/null; then
-    log-fail "Missing ${BINARY}, please install it"
-  fi
-}
-
-main() {
-  declare RELEASE="$1"
-  local NEXT_VERSION
-  local VALID_RELEASE_LEVELS=("major" "minor" "patch" "betafish" "build")
-
-  if [[ "$RELEASE" == '--trace' ]]; then
-    shift 1
-    RELEASE="$1"
-    TRACE=1 && set -x
-  fi
-
-  if [[ -z "$RELEASE" ]]; then
-    log-fail "Argument 1 must be one of [major, minor, patch, betafish, build], none given"
-  fi
-
-  if ! fn-in-array "$RELEASE" "${VALID_RELEASE_LEVELS[@]}"; then
-    log-fail "Argument 1 must be one of [major, minor, patch, betafish, build], '${RELEASE}' given"
-  fi
-
-  mkdir -p "build"
-  fn-require-bin "docker"
-  if [[ "$RELEASE" != "build" ]]; then
-    fn-require-bin "package_cloud"
-    [[ -n "$PACKAGECLOUD_TOKEN" ]] || log-fail "Missing PACKAGECLOUD_TOKEN environment variable"
-  fi
-
-  NEXT_VERSION="$(grep DOKKU_UPDATE_VERSION deb.mk | head -n1 | cut -d'=' -f2 | xargs)"
-  IS_RELEASE="$(fn-is-release "$RELEASE")"
-
-  fn-build-dokku || log-fail "Error building package"
-  fn-extract-package "dokku-update_${NEXT_VERSION}_amd64.deb" || log-fail "Error extracting deb package"
-  fn-extract-package "dokku-update-${NEXT_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm" || log-fail "Error extracting rpm package"
-
-  if [[ "$RELEASE" != "build" ]]; then
-    fn-publish-package "$IS_RELEASE" "deb" "build/dokku-update_${NEXT_VERSION}_amd64.deb" || log-fail "Error publishing deb package"
-    fn-publish-package "$IS_RELEASE" "rpm" "build/dokku-update-${NEXT_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm" || log-fail "Error publishing rpm package"
-  fi
-}
-
-main "$@"
diff --git a/deb.mk b/deb.mk
index e4c72efc0..039d29791 100644
--- a/deb.mk
+++ b/deb.mk
@@ -4,18 +4,12 @@ DOKKU_DESCRIPTION = 'Docker powered PaaS that helps you build and manage the lif
 DOKKU_REPO_NAME ?= dokku/dokku
 DOKKU_ARCHITECTURE = amd64
 
-DOKKU_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION = 'Binary that handles updating Dokku and related systems'
-DOKKU_UPDATE_REPO_NAME ?= dokku/dokku
-DOKKU_UPDATE_VERSION ?= 0.2.0
-DOKKU_UPDATE_ARCHITECTURE = amd64
-DOKKU_UPDATE_PACKAGE_NAME = dokku-update_$(DOKKU_UPDATE_VERSION)_$(DOKKU_UPDATE_ARCHITECTURE).deb
-
 ifndef IS_RELEASE
 	IS_RELEASE = true
 endif
 
 
-.PHONY: install-from-deb deb-all deb-dokku deb-dokku-update deb-setup
+.PHONY: install-from-deb deb-all deb-dokku deb-setup
 
 install-from-deb:
 	@echo "--> Initial apt-get update"
@@ -31,7 +25,7 @@ install-from-deb:
 	sudo apt-get update -qq >/dev/null
 	sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive DEBCONF_NONINTERACTIVE_SEEN=true apt-get -qq -y --no-install-recommends install dokku
 
-deb-all: deb-setup deb-dokku deb-dokku-update
+deb-all: deb-setup deb-dokku
 	mv $(BUILD_DIRECTORY)/*.deb .
 	@echo "Done"
 
@@ -57,16 +51,3 @@ endif
 	dpkg-deb --build /tmp/build-dokku "$(BUILD_DIRECTORY)/dokku_`cat /tmp/build-dokku/var/lib/dokku/VERSION`_$(DOKKU_ARCHITECTURE).deb"
 	lintian "$(BUILD_DIRECTORY)/dokku_`cat /tmp/build-dokku/var/lib/dokku/VERSION`_$(DOKKU_ARCHITECTURE).deb"
 
-deb-dokku-update:
-	rm -rf /tmp/dokku-update*.deb dokku-update*.deb
-	echo "${DOKKU_UPDATE_VERSION}" > contrib/dokku-update-version
-	sudo fpm -t deb -s dir -n dokku-update \
-			 --version $(DOKKU_UPDATE_VERSION) \
-			 --architecture $(DOKKU_UPDATE_ARCHITECTURE) \
-			 --package $(BUILD_DIRECTORY)/$(DOKKU_UPDATE_PACKAGE_NAME) \
-			 --depends 'dokku' \
-			 --url "https://github.com/$(DOKKU_UPDATE_REPO_NAME)" \
-			 --description $(DOKKU_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION) \
-			 --license 'MIT License' \
-			 contrib/dokku-update=/usr/local/bin/dokku-update \
-			 contrib/dokku-update-version=/var/lib/dokku-update/VERSION
diff --git a/rpm.mk b/rpm.mk
index 5d1c636da..0fb9bbfc6 100644
--- a/rpm.mk
+++ b/rpm.mk
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 RPM_ARCHITECTURE = x86_64
 DOKKU_RPM_PACKAGE_NAME = dokku-$(DOKKU_VERSION)-1.$(RPM_ARCHITECTURE).rpm
-DOKKU_UPDATE_RPM_PACKAGE_NAME = dokku-update-$(DOKKU_UPDATE_VERSION)-1.$(RPM_ARCHITECTURE).rpm
 
 .PHONY: rpm-all
 
-rpm-all: rpm-setup rpm-dokku rpm-dokku-update
+rpm-all: rpm-setup rpm-dokku
 	mv /tmp/*.rpm .
 	@echo "Done"
 
@@ -54,16 +53,3 @@ endif
 		--license 'MIT License' \
 		.
 
-rpm-dokku-update:
-	rm -rf $(BUILD_DIRECTORY)/$(DOKKU_UPDATE_RPM_PACKAGE_NAME)
-	echo "${DOKKU_UPDATE_VERSION}" > contrib/dokku-update-version
-	sudo fpm -t rpm -s dir -n dokku-update \
-			 --version $(DOKKU_UPDATE_VERSION) \
-			 --architecture $(RPM_ARCHITECTURE) \
-			 --package $(BUILD_DIRECTORY)/$(DOKKU_UPDATE_RPM_PACKAGE_NAME) \
-			 --depends 'dokku' \
-			 --url "https://github.com/$(DOKKU_UPDATE_REPO_NAME)" \
-			 --description $(DOKKU_UPDATE_DESCRIPTION) \
-			 --license 'MIT License' \
-			 contrib/dokku-update=/usr/local/bin/dokku-update \
-			 contrib/dokku-update-version=/var/lib/dokku-update/VERSION