diff --git a/scripts/slate.sh b/scripts/slate.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-if [ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" == "" ]; then
-	echo "this script is meant to be run on CircleCI, exiting"
-	echo 1
-fi
-
-# check for changes in the `rpc/core` directory
-did_rpc_change=$(git diff --name-status $CIRCLE_BRANCH origin/master | grep rpc/core)
-
-if [ "$did_rpc_change" == "" ]; then
-	echo "no changes detected in rpc/core, exiting"
-	exit 0
-else
-	echo "changes detected in rpc/core, continuing"
-fi
-
-# only run this script on changes to rpc/core committed to develop
-if [ "$CIRCLE_BRANCH" != "master" ]; then
-	echo "the branch being built isn't master, exiting"
-	exit 0
-else
-	echo "on master, building the RPC docs"
-fi
-
-# godoc2md used to convert the go documentation from
-# `rpc/core` into a markdown file consumed by Slate
-go get github.com/davecheney/godoc2md
-
-# slate works via forks, and we'll be committing to
-# master branch, which will trigger our fork to run
-# the `./deploy.sh` and publish via the `gh-pages` branch
-slate_repo=github.com/tendermint/slate
-slate_path="$GOPATH"/src/"$slate_repo"
-
-if [ ! -d "$slate_path" ]; then
-	git clone https://"$slate_repo".git $slate_path
-fi
-
-# the main file we need to update if rpc/core changed
-destination="$slate_path"/source/index.html.md
-
-# we remove it then re-create it with the latest changes
-rm $destination
-
-header="---
-title: RPC Reference
-
-language_tabs:
-  - shell
-  - go
-
-toc_footers:
-  - <a href='https://tendermint.com/'>Tendermint</a>
-  - <a href='https://github.com/lord/slate'>Documentation Powered by Slate</a>
-
-search: true
----"
-
-# write header to the main slate file
-echo "$header" > "$destination"
-
-# generate a markdown from the godoc comments, using a template
-rpc_docs=$(godoc2md -template rpc/core/doc_template.txt github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/core | grep -v -e "pipe.go" -e "routes.go" -e "dev.go" | sed 's$/src/target$https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/tree/master/rpc/core$')
-
-# append core RPC docs
-echo "$rpc_docs" >> "$destination"
-
-# commit the changes
-cd $slate_path
-
-git config --global user.email "github@tendermint.com"
-git config --global user.name "tenderbot"
-
-git commit -a -m "Update tendermint RPC docs via CircleCI"
-git push -q https://${GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN}@github.com/tendermint/slate.git master