diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 6e0c85865..6a9adc256 100644
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -148,20 +148,6 @@ cd $distributions
 zip -ur $zipPath lib
 cd $work_dir
 
-if [ "$PLATFORM" != "windows" ]; then
-  echo "Building k-NN libraries after enabling SIMD"
-  ./gradlew :buildJniLib -Dsimd.enabled=true
-  mkdir $distributions/lib_simd
-  cp -v $ompPath $distributions/lib_simd
-  cp -v ./jni/release/${libPrefix}* $distributions/lib_simd
-  ls -l $distributions/lib_simd
-
-  # Add lib_simd directory to the k-NN plugin zip
-  cd $distributions
-  zip -ur $zipPath lib_simd
-  cd $work_dir
-fi
-
 echo "COPY ${distributions}/*.zip"
 mkdir -p $OUTPUT/plugins
 cp -v ${distributions}/*.zip $OUTPUT/plugins