diff --git a/packages/opencode/script/kilocode/npm-publish.ts b/packages/opencode/script/kilocode/npm-publish.ts
index 8f07ed2e75..2744ff675e 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/script/kilocode/npm-publish.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/script/kilocode/npm-publish.ts
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@ export namespace NpmPublish {
   const base = 10_000
   const jitter = 5_000
 
-  export function aliases(channel: string) {
-    return channel === "latest" ? ["rc"] : []
-  }
-
   export async function retry(input: {
     name: string
     version: string
diff --git a/packages/opencode/script/publish.ts b/packages/opencode/script/publish.ts
index cfc99cacab..bd94c7c0e3 100755
--- a/packages/opencode/script/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/script/publish.ts
@@ -16,21 +16,18 @@ async function publish(dir: string, name: string, version: string) {
   // GitHub artifact downloads can drop the executable bit, and Docker uses the
   // unpacked dist binaries directly rather than the published tarball.
   if (process.platform !== "win32") await $`chmod -R 755 .`.cwd(dir)
-  // kilocode_change start
-  const exists = await published(name, version)
-  if (exists) {
+  if (await published(name, version)) {
     console.log(`already published ${name}@${version}`)
+    return
   }
-  if (!exists) {
-    await $`bun pm pack`.cwd(dir)
-    await NpmPublish.retry({
-      name,
-      version,
-      run: () => $`npm publish *.tgz --access public --tag ${Script.channel} --provenance`.cwd(dir),
-      exists: () => published(name, version),
-    })
-  }
-  for (const tag of NpmPublish.aliases(Script.channel)) await $`npm dist-tag add ${name}@${version} ${tag}`
+  await $`bun pm pack`.cwd(dir)
+  // kilocode_change start
+  await NpmPublish.retry({
+    name,
+    version,
+    run: () => $`npm publish *.tgz --access public --tag ${Script.channel} --provenance`.cwd(dir),
+    exists: () => published(name, version),
+  })
   // kilocode_change end
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/npm-publish.test.ts b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/npm-publish.test.ts
index 33318925ce..62e9434986 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/npm-publish.test.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/test/kilocode/npm-publish.test.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,6 @@
 import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test"
 import { NpmPublish } from "../../script/kilocode/npm-publish"
 
-describe("npm publish aliases", () => {
-  test("promotes stable releases to the rc channel", () => {
-    expect(NpmPublish.aliases("latest")).toEqual(["rc"])
-  })
-
-  test("does not promote prereleases", () => {
-    expect(NpmPublish.aliases("rc")).toEqual([])
-  })
-})
-
 describe("npm publish retry", () => {
   test("returns after the first successful attempt", async () => {
     const calls = { run: 0, exists: 0, sleep: 0 }