diff --git a/rust/notcurses/Cargo.toml b/rust/notcurses/Cargo.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index b4629359b..000000000
--- a/rust/notcurses/Cargo.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-[package]
-name = "notcurses"
-version = "1.6.11"
-authors = ["nick black <dankamongmen@gmail.com>"]
-license = "Apache-2.0"
-edition = "2018"
-description = "Rust bindings for the notcurses C library."
-repository = "https://github.com/dankamongmen/notcurses"
-homepage = "https://nick-black.com/dankwiki/index.php/Notcurses"
-categories = [
-	"api-bindings",
-	"command-line-interface",
-	"visualization",
-	"multimedia",
-	"rendering",
-	]
-keywords = ["tui", "cli", "terminal", "ncurses"]
-
-[dependencies]
-libnotcurses-sys = "^1.6.11"
-libc = "0.2.74"
-libc-stdhandle = ">= 0.1.0"
-
-[dev-dependencies]
-all_asserts = ">= 1.0.0"
-serial_test = ">= 0.4.0"
-serial_test_derive = ">= 0.4.0"
diff --git a/rust/notcurses/src/lib.rs b/rust/notcurses/src/lib.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 88bd18cdc..000000000
--- a/rust/notcurses/src/lib.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-extern crate libnotcurses_sys as ffi;
-
-pub fn getc_blocking(_n: *mut ffi::notcurses, _ni: &mut ffi::ncinput) -> u32 {
-    unsafe {
-        let mut sigmask: ffi::sigset_t = std::mem::zeroed();
-        ffi::sigemptyset(&mut sigmask);
-        return ffi::notcurses_getc(_n, std::ptr::null(), &mut sigmask, _ni);
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn render(_n: *mut ffi::notcurses) -> std::result::Result<(), std::io::Error> {
-    unsafe {
-        let r = ffi::notcurses_render(_n);
-        if r != 0 {
-            return Err(std::io::Error::new(
-                std::io::ErrorKind::Other,
-                "error rendering",
-            ));
-        }
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn stddim_yx(_n: *mut ffi::notcurses, _dimy: &mut i32, _dimx: &mut i32) -> *mut ffi::ncplane {
-    unsafe {
-        let stdplane = ffi::notcurses_stdplane(_n);
-        ffi::ncplane_dim_yx(stdplane, _dimy, _dimx);
-        return stdplane;
-    }
-}
-
-pub fn dim_yx(_n: *const ffi::notcurses, _dimy: &mut i32, _dimx: &mut i32) {
-    unsafe {
-        ffi::ncplane_dim_yx(ffi::notcurses_stdplane_const(_n), _dimy, _dimx);
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use super::*;
-    use all_asserts;
-    use serial_test::serial; // serialize tests w/ ffi::notcurses_init()
-
-    extern "C" {
-        static stdout: *mut ffi::_IO_FILE;
-    }
-
-    fn opts() -> ffi::notcurses_options {
-        ffi::notcurses_options {
-            loglevel: 0,
-            termtype: std::ptr::null(),
-            renderfp: std::ptr::null_mut(),
-            margin_t: 0,
-            margin_r: 0,
-            margin_b: 0,
-            margin_l: 0,
-            flags: ffi::NCOPTION_NO_ALTERNATE_SCREEN as u64 | ffi::NCOPTION_SUPPRESS_BANNERS as u64,
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    #[serial]
-    fn create_context() {
-        unsafe {
-            let _ = libc::setlocale(libc::LC_ALL, std::ffi::CString::new("").unwrap().as_ptr());
-            let nc = ffi::notcurses_init(&opts(), stdout);
-            assert_ne!(std::ptr::null(), nc);
-            let mut dimy = 0;
-            let mut dimx = 0;
-            dim_yx(nc, &mut dimy, &mut dimx);
-            all_asserts::assert_lt!(0, dimy);
-            all_asserts::assert_lt!(0, dimx);
-            assert_eq!(0, ffi::notcurses_stop(nc));
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    #[serial]
-    fn stdplane_dims() {
-        unsafe {
-            let _ = libc::setlocale(libc::LC_ALL, std::ffi::CString::new("").unwrap().as_ptr());
-            let nc = ffi::notcurses_init(&opts(), stdout);
-            assert_ne!(std::ptr::null(), nc);
-            let mut dimsy = 0;
-            let mut dimsx = 0;
-            let _stdplane = stddim_yx(nc, &mut dimsy, &mut dimsx);
-            all_asserts::assert_lt!(0, dimsy);
-            all_asserts::assert_lt!(0, dimsx);
-            let dimy = ffi::ncplane_dim_y(_stdplane);
-            let dimx = ffi::ncplane_dim_x(_stdplane);
-            assert_eq!(dimy, dimsy);
-            assert_eq!(dimx, dimsx);
-            assert_eq!(0, ffi::notcurses_stop(nc));
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/rust/notcurses/stdout.c b/rust/notcurses/stdout.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ab3ca9ce..000000000
--- a/rust/notcurses/stdout.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-FILE* libc_stdout(void){
-  return stdout;
-}
diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
index a593f2327..cf75f8949 100755
--- a/tools/release.sh
+++ b/tools/release.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,4 @@ twine upload -s -udankamongmen dist/*
 cd rust/libnotcurses-sys
 cargo clean
 cargo publish
-cd ../notcurses
-cargo clean
-cargo publish
 # FIXME and at this point, uninstall, yuck