diff --git a/hack/release/make.sh b/hack/release/make.sh
index b4af79835..a9395832b 100755
--- a/hack/release/make.sh
+++ b/hack/release/make.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 # 
 
 set -e
-set -x
 
 # We're a nice, sexy, little shell script, and people might try to run us;
 # but really, they shouldn't. We want to be in a container!
diff --git a/hack/release/release.sh b/hack/release/release.sh
index 0ce9ab359..4d5bd00b2 100755
--- a/hack/release/release.sh
+++ b/hack/release/release.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 # official Dockerfile at the root of the Docker source code. The Dockerfile,
 # make.sh and release.sh should all be from the same source code revision.
 
-set -x
 set -e
 
 # Print a usage message and exit.