diff --git a/bin/publish-image b/bin/publish-image
index 792dbc87..1d20fb60 100755
--- a/bin/publish-image
+++ b/bin/publish-image
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ secret_key = ${S3_SECRET_KEY}
 use_https = True
 signurl_use_https = True
 EOF
-s3cmd mb "s3://$S3_BUCKET"
 s3cmd put "${IMAGE_NAME}.qcow2" "s3://$S3_BUCKET"
 s3cmd put "${IMAGE_NAME}.cosign.bundle" "s3://$S3_BUCKET"
 
diff --git a/bin/publish-manifest b/bin/publish-manifest
index 03b6977b..04298a4b 100755
--- a/bin/publish-manifest
+++ b/bin/publish-manifest
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ secret_key = ${S3_SECRET_KEY}
 use_https = True
 signurl_use_https = True
 EOF
-s3cmd mb "s3://$S3_BUCKET"
 
 # Copy the manifest to a file named after the commit SHA before uploading
 cp "$MANIFEST_FILE" "${GITHUB_SHA}.manifest"