diff --git a/scripts/publish.rs b/scripts/publish.rs
index 3637fc95b4..30d402b360 100644
--- a/scripts/publish.rs
+++ b/scripts/publish.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ const PUBLIC_CRATES: &[&str] = &[
     "wasmtime-wasi",
     "wasmtime-wasi-nn",
     "wasmtime-wasi-crypto",
-    "wasmtime-cli-flags",
     "wasmtime-cli",
     // all cranelift crates are considered "public" in that they can't
     // have breaking API changes in patch releases