diff --git a/mockbuild_test/stratisd.spec b/mockbuild_test/stratisd.spec
index e2a4ff4..8cfb17e 100644
--- a/mockbuild_test/stratisd.spec
+++ b/mockbuild_test/stratisd.spec
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ License:        MPL-2.0
 URL:            https://github.com/stratis-storage/stratisd
 Source0:        %{url}/archive/stratisd-v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Source1:        %{url}/releases/download/stratisd-v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}-vendor.tar.gz
-Source2:        %{crates_source}
 
 
 ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
@@ -84,13 +83,7 @@ Requires:     stratisd
 %{summary}. This package should not be used in production.
 
 %prep
-# Extract the upstream crate on top of the extracted GitHub release, overwriting
-# changed files. The primary purpose of this step is to ensure that the
-# Cargo.toml that is used in building is the one that is generated by
-# cargo-publish and cargo-package, not the file with path dependencies that
-# GitHub packs up.
 %autosetup -n stratisd-stratisd-v%{version}
-tar --strip-components=1 --extract --overwrite --file %{SOURCE2}
 
 %if 0%{?rhel}
 %cargo_prep -V 1
diff --git a/release_management/_utils.py b/release_management/_utils.py
index 68fdf07..5e61474 100755
--- a/release_management/_utils.py
+++ b/release_management/_utils.py
@@ -276,35 +276,18 @@ def vendor(manifest_abs_path, release_version, *, filterer=False):
     :param str manifest_abs_path: manifest path (absolute)
     :param ReleaseVersion release_version: the release version
     :param bool filterer: filter dependencies in vendor tarfile
-    :return: name of vendored tarfile and path of crate relative to manifest
-    :rtype: str * str
+    :return: name of vendored tarfile
+    :rtype: str
     """
 
     vendor_dir = "vendor"
 
-    subprocess.run(
-        ["cargo", "package", "--no-verify", f"--manifest-path={manifest_abs_path}"],
-        check=True,
-    )
-
-    stratis_package_name = f"stratisd-{release_version.base_only()}"
-
-    crate_path = os.path.join("target", "package", f"{stratis_package_name}.crate")
-
-    subprocess.run(["tar", "--extract", f"--file={crate_path}"], check=True)
-
-    package_manifest = os.path.join(
-        os.path.dirname(manifest_abs_path),
-        stratis_package_name,
-        "Cargo.toml",
-    )
-
     if filterer:
         subprocess.run(
             [
                 "cargo",
                 "vendor-filterer",
-                f"--manifest-path={package_manifest}",
+                f"--manifest-path={manifest_abs_path}",
                 vendor_dir,
             ],
             check=True,
@@ -316,7 +299,7 @@ def vendor(manifest_abs_path, release_version, *, filterer=False):
                 "cargo",
                 "vendor",
                 "--quiet",
-                f"--manifest-path={package_manifest}",
+                f"--manifest-path={manifest_abs_path}",
                 vendor_dir,
             ],
             check=True,
@@ -339,7 +322,7 @@ def vendor(manifest_abs_path, release_version, *, filterer=False):
         check=True,
     )
 
-    return (vendor_tarfile_name, crate_path)
+    return vendor_tarfile_name
 
 
 def make_source_tarball(package_name, release_version, output_dir):
diff --git a/release_management/create_artifacts.py b/release_management/create_artifacts.py
index 3211469..612aee0 100755
--- a/release_management/create_artifacts.py
+++ b/release_management/create_artifacts.py
@@ -129,18 +129,12 @@ def _stratisd_artifacts(namespace):
     )
     print(os.path.relpath(source_tarfile_path))
 
-    (vendor_tarfile_name, cargo_crate_path) = vendor(
+    vendor_tarfile_name = vendor(
         manifest_abs_path,
         release_version,
         filterer=filtered,
     )
 
-    crate_path = os.path.join(
-        output_path, f"stratisd-{release_version.to_crate_str()}.crate"
-    )
-
-    os.rename(cargo_crate_path, crate_path)
-
     vendor_tarfile_path = os.path.join(output_path, vendor_tarfile_name)
 
     os.rename(vendor_tarfile_name, vendor_tarfile_path)
@@ -161,7 +155,7 @@ def insert_bundled_provides(spec):
         release_version=release_version,
         sources=[
             os.path.basename(path)
-            for path in [source_tarfile_path, vendor_tarfile_path, crate_path]
+            for path in [source_tarfile_path, vendor_tarfile_path]
         ],
         arbitrary=insert_bundled_provides,
     )
diff --git a/release_management/create_release.py b/release_management/create_release.py
index 64c2f33..f762ef2 100755
--- a/release_management/create_release.py
+++ b/release_management/create_release.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def tag_rust_library(namespace, name):
         additional_assets = []
         if not namespace.no_vendor:
             filtered = namespace.vendor_method == "filtered"
-            (vendor_tarfile_name, _) = vendor(
+            vendor_tarfile_name = vendor(
                 manifest_abs_path,
                 ReleaseVersion(release_version),
                 filterer=filtered,