diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
index 57273813..784df0d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ jobs:
           VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
           echo "newTag=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "newBranch=release-v1x/version-$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-      - name: Bump bower etc
+      - name: Run preversion
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: npm run preversion
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 158516e7..9bf03e58 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -127,12 +127,6 @@ Using npm:
 $ npm install axios
 ```
 
-Using bower:
-
-```bash
-$ bower install axios
-```
-
 Using yarn:
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e10ee1c..00000000
--- a/bower.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "axios",
-  "main": "./dist/axios.js",
-  "version": "1.15.0",
-  "homepage": "https://axios-http.com",
-  "authors": [
-    "Matt Zabriskie"
-  ],
-  "description": "Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js",
-  "moduleType": [
-    "amd",
-    "globals"
-  ],
-  "keywords": [
-    "xhr",
-    "http",
-    "ajax",
-    "promise",
-    "node",
-    "browser",
-    "fetch",
-    "rest",
-    "api",
-    "client"
-  ],
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "ignore": [
-    "**/.*",
-    "*.iml",
-    "examples",
-    "lib",
-    "node_modules",
-    "sandbox",
-    "test",
-    "CONTRIBUTING.md",
-    "COOKBOOK.md",
-    "Gruntfile.js",
-    "index.js",
-    "karma.conf.js",
-    "package.json",
-    "webpack.*.js"
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index f3a5151b..cded2b04 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -13,20 +13,6 @@ const clear = gulp.task('clear', async function () {
   await fs.emptyDir('./dist/');
 });
 
-const bower = gulp.task('bower', async function () {
-  const npm = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile('package.json'));
-  const bower = JSON.parse(await fs.readFile('bower.json'));
-
-  const fields = ['name', 'description', 'version', 'homepage', 'license', 'keywords'];
-
-  for (let i = 0, l = fields.length; i < l; i++) {
-    const field = fields[i];
-    bower[field] = npm[field];
-  }
-
-  await fs.writeFile('bower.json', JSON.stringify(bower, null, 2));
-});
-
 async function getContributors(user, repo, maxCount = 1) {
   const contributors = (
     await axios.get(
@@ -88,6 +74,6 @@ const env = gulp.task('env', async function () {
   );
 });
 
-const version = gulp.series('bower', 'env', 'package');
+const version = gulp.series('env', 'package');
 
-export { bower, env, clear, version, packageJSON };
+export { env, clear, version, packageJSON };