diff --git a/.build/tasks.clj b/.build/tasks.clj
index 50c8810..24f7ccb 100644
--- a/.build/tasks.clj
+++ b/.build/tasks.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (ns tasks
-  (:require [babashka.tasks :refer [clojure run shell]]))
+  (:require [babashka.tasks :refer [run shell]]))
 
 (defn publish
   "Publish to clojars and npm, then push."
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
   [{:keys [bump]}]
   (when bump
     (run 'bump-release))
-  (clojure "-T:build deploy")
+  ;; loaded after bump-release, so build reads the new version
+  ((requiring-resolve 'build/deploy) {})
   (run 'npm-publish)
   ;; bump-release pushes the tag, the commit it points at needs this
   (shell "git push"))
diff --git a/bb.edn b/bb.edn
index de03155..b26bd8e 100644
--- a/bb.edn
+++ b/bb.edn
@@ -69,11 +69,6 @@
                          (shell "npm publish"))}
 
   publish {:doc "Publish to clojars and npm, then push"
-           :exec-fn tasks/publish}
-
-  deploy {:doc "Build the jar and deploy it to Clojars, all in bb"
-          :extra-paths ["."]
-          :extra-deps {io.github.clojure/tools.build {:mvn/version "0.10.14"}
-                       io.github.babashka/deps-deploy {:mvn/version "0.0.1"}}
-          :requires ([build])
-          :task (build/deploy {})}}}
+           :extra-paths ["."]
+           :extra-deps {io.github.babashka/deps-deploy {:mvn/version "0.0.1"}}
+           :exec-fn tasks/publish}}}
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index 05f4ba9..f104beb 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@
    :main-opts ["-m" "babashka.cli.exec"]
    :exec-fn babashka.test-runner/test #_cognitect.test-runner.api/test}
 
-  :build ;; added by neil
-  {:deps {io.github.clojure/tools.build {:mvn/version "0.10.14"}
-          io.github.babashka/deps-deploy {:mvn/version "0.0.1"}}
-   :extra-paths ["." ".build"]
-   :ns-default build
-   :main-opts ["-m" "babashka.cli.exec"]}
-
   :clj-1.10 {:extra-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.10.3"}}}
   :clj-1.11 {:extra-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.11.4"}}}
   :clj-1.12 {:extra-deps {org.clojure/clojure {:mvn/version "1.12.5"}}}