diff --git a/tools/release/snapshot_posix.bat b/tools/release/snapshot_posix.bat
index f73fcf25bc..c861a4ff25 100644
--- a/tools/release/snapshot_posix.bat
+++ b/tools/release/snapshot_posix.bat
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ svn info svn_info
 echo Exporting files from subversion...
 svn export --non-interactive --native-eol LF http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/branches/release posix
 
-echo Creating release history README.txt...
-lynx -width=72 -dump -nolist -display_charset=utf-8 http://beta.boost.org/users/history/minimal.php >posix\README.txt
-
 echo Copying docs into posix\doc...
 pushd posix\doc
 xcopy /s /y ..\..\docs_temp\html html
diff --git a/tools/release/snapshot_windows.bat b/tools/release/snapshot_windows.bat
index ea6b075e9d..d8b8c4529e 100644
--- a/tools/release/snapshot_windows.bat
+++ b/tools/release/snapshot_windows.bat
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ svn info svn_info
 echo Exporting files from subversion...
 svn export --non-interactive --native-eol CRLF http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/branches/release windows
 
-echo Creating release history README.txt...
-lynx -width=72 -dump -nolist -display_charset=utf-8 http://beta.boost.org/users/history/minimal.php >windows\README.txt
-
 echo Copying docs into windows\doc...
 pushd windows\doc
 xcopy /s /y ..\..\docs_temp\html html