diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1b4289f0ca..085e42e74a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -80,14 +80,8 @@ test: lint
 	cargo test --manifest-path src-tauri/plugins/tauri-plugin-llamacpp/Cargo.toml
 	cargo test --manifest-path src-tauri/utils/Cargo.toml
 
-# Builds and publishes the app
-build-and-publish: install-and-build install-rust-targets
-	yarn build
-
 # Build
 build: install-and-build install-rust-targets
-	yarn download:bin
-	yarn download:lib
 	yarn build
 
 clean:
diff --git a/mise.toml b/mise.toml
index 85d87aade7..e52d230a8b 100644
--- a/mise.toml
+++ b/mise.toml
@@ -124,11 +124,6 @@ run = [
   "yarn build"
 ]
 
-[tasks.build-and-publish]
-description = "Build and publish the application (matches Makefile)"
-depends = ["install-and-build"]
-run = "yarn build"
-
 # ============================================================================
 # QUALITY ASSURANCE TASKS
 # ============================================================================
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 52791790f0..2ec212088f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
     "copy:assets:tauri": "cpx \"pre-install/*.tgz\" \"src-tauri/resources/pre-install/\" && cpx \"LICENSE\" \"src-tauri/resources/\"",
     "download:lib": "node ./scripts/download-lib.mjs",
     "download:bin": "node ./scripts/download-bin.mjs",
-    "build:tauri:win32": "yarn download:bin && yarn tauri build",
-    "build:tauri:linux": "yarn download:bin && NO_STRIP=1 ./src-tauri/build-utils/shim-linuxdeploy.sh yarn tauri build --verbose && ./src-tauri/build-utils/buildAppImage.sh",
-    "build:tauri:darwin": "yarn tauri build --target universal-apple-darwin",
+    "build:tauri:win32": "yarn download:bin && yarn download:lib && yarn tauri build",
+    "build:tauri:linux": "yarn download:bin && yarn download:lib && NO_STRIP=1 ./src-tauri/build-utils/shim-linuxdeploy.sh yarn tauri build && ./src-tauri/build-utils/buildAppImage.sh",
+    "build:tauri:darwin": "yarn download:bin && yarn tauri build --target universal-apple-darwin",
     "build:tauri": "yarn build:icon && yarn copy:assets:tauri && run-script-os",
     "build:tauri:plugin:api": "cd src-tauri/plugins && yarn install && yarn workspaces foreach -Apt run build",
     "build:icon": "tauri icon ./src-tauri/icons/icon.png",