diff --git a/.changelog_config.yaml b/.changelog_config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..74c06dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog_config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+owner: recurly
+repo: recurly-client-node
+tag_matcher: ^4\..*
+required_issue_labels:
+  - V4
+exclude_labels:
+  - bug?
+  - internal
+  - duplicate
+  - question
diff --git a/.github_changelog_generator b/.github_changelog_generator
deleted file mode 100644
index 89e0ae4b..00000000
--- a/.github_changelog_generator
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-user=recurly
-project=recurly-client-node
-unreleased=false
-since-tag=3.0.0-beta.2
-exclude-labels=internal,question,bug?,duplicate
-exclude-tags-regex=^[^34]+\..*
-issues-wo-labels=false
-verbose=false
diff --git a/scripts/bump b/scripts/bump
deleted file mode 100755
index 8bf226e4..00000000
--- a/scripts/bump
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-if [ "$1" == "--next-version" ]; then
-  shift
-  bump2version --dry-run --list "$@" | grep new_version | cut -d "=" -f 2
-elif [ "$1" == "--this-version" ]; then
-  cat .bumpversion.cfg | grep current_version | awk -F" = " '{print $2}'
-else
-  bump2version "$@"
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/changelog b/scripts/changelog
deleted file mode 100755
index f5ae73ff..00000000
--- a/scripts/changelog
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
-  echo "Environment variable GITHUB_TOKEN must be set"
-else
-  if [ "$1" == "--pending" ]; then
-    github_changelog_generator -t $GITHUB_TOKEN --unreleased-only -o "$2"
-  elif [ "$1" == "--release-tag" ]; then
-    github_changelog_generator -t $GITHUB_TOKEN --unreleased true --future-release "$2"
-  else
-    github_changelog_generator -t $GITHUB_TOKEN
-  fi
-fi
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-release b/scripts/prepare-release
index 7a860f09..5f43a7f1 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare-release
+++ b/scripts/prepare-release
@@ -1,36 +1,50 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-# major,minor,patch
-PART=${1}
-NEXT_VERSION=$(./scripts/bump --next-version $PART)
-UNRELEASED_LOG="/tmp/node-pending-changes.md"
-
-if [ -z "$NEXT_VERSION" ]; then
-  echo "Failed to get next version"
-else
-  # Generate pending changes in tmpfile
-  ./scripts/changelog --pending $UNRELEASED_LOG
-  # Add a git message header of Release X.Y.Z
-  printf "Release $NEXT_VERSION\n\n$(cat $UNRELEASED_LOG)" > $UNRELEASED_LOG
-  # Delete credit line
-  sed -i '' -e '$ d' $UNRELEASED_LOG
-
-  git checkout -b release-$NEXT_VERSION
 
-  # Actually bump the version
-  ./scripts/bump $PART
+# Usage
+#
+# ./prepare-release major|minor|patch [--notes-out <path>] [--tag-out <path>]
+#
 
-  # Rebuild docs
-  ./scripts/build
+set -e
 
-  # Make the commit
-  git add . --all
-  git commit -F $UNRELEASED_LOG
+if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+  echo "Working directory is not clean. Aborting."
+  exit 1
+fi
 
-  # Push up this branch for PR
-  git push origin release-$NEXT_VERSION
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
+  echo "GITHUB_TOKEN must be set. Aborting."
+  exit 1
+fi
 
-  # Create PR
-  hub pull-request -c -F $UNRELEASED_LOG
+# Bump version
+# major|minor|patch
+part=${1}
+if [ "$part" != "patch" ] && [ "$part" != "minor" ] && [ "$part" != "major" ]; then
+  echo "'$part' is not a valid option: major|minor|patch"
+  exit 1
 fi
+new_version=$(bump2version --list "$part" | grep new_version | cut -d "=" -f 2)
+
+# Generate Changelog
+changelogly --future-release "$new_version"
+
+while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
+  case $1 in
+    # Create release notes artifact
+    -n|--notes-out)
+      echo "$new_version
+
+      $(
+        cat CHANGELOG.md | sed -n "/^## \[$new_version\]/,/^##/p" | sed '$d;1d'
+      )" | awk '{$1=$1};1' > $2
+      shift
+      ;;
+
+    # Create release notes artifact
+    -t|--tag-out)
+      echo "v$new_version" > $2
+      ;;
+  esac
+  shift
+done
diff --git a/scripts/release b/scripts/release
index a65bda74..f6729720 100755
--- a/scripts/release
+++ b/scripts/release
@@ -1,27 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
 
-# TODO this file could be gone
-RELEASED_LOG="/tmp/node-pending-changes.md"
-THIS_VERSION=$(./scripts/bump --this-version)
+set -e
 
-# Generate the changelog with changes in this release
-./scripts/changelog --release-tag "$THIS_VERSION"
-git add CHANGELOG.md
-git commit -m "Update Changelog for Release $THIS_VERSION"
-git push origin master
+# Usage
+#
+# ./release
+#
 
 # publish to npm
 npm publish
 
-# create release
-hub release create -c -F $RELEASED_LOG $THIS_VERSION
-
-# Copy-pasteable messages for announcments
-echo ":nodejs: Node.js $THIS_VERSION Released :nodejs:"
-echo ":npm: Npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/recurly/v/$THIS_VERSION"
-echo "Release: https://github.com/recurly/recurly-client-node/releases/tag/$THIS_VERSION"
-echo "Changelog:"
-echo "\`\`\`"
-cat "$RELEASED_LOG"
-echo "\`\`\`"