diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/Releaser.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/Releaser.java
index bc8356aa..7c2f9a1d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/Releaser.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/Releaser.java
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ public class Releaser {
 				releaseBranch);
 	}
 
+	@Deprecated
 	public void updateSpringProjectPage(Projects projects) {
 		if (this.documentationUpdater.updateProjectRepo(projects) != null) {
 			log.info("\nSuccessfully updated Spring project page");
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/docs/DocumentationUpdater.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/docs/DocumentationUpdater.java
index a1cde875..8c37e16a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/docs/DocumentationUpdater.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/docs/DocumentationUpdater.java
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ public class DocumentationUpdater implements ReleaserPropertiesAware {
 	 * @param projects list of projects to update versions for
 	 * @return {@link File cloned temporary directory} - {@code null} if wrong version is
 	 * used or the switch is turned off
+	 * @deprecated - index.html doesn't look like this anymore
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public File updateProjectRepo(Projects projects) {
 		return this.releaseTrainContentsUpdater.updateProjectRepo(projects);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/docs/ReleaseTrainContentsUpdater.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/docs/ReleaseTrainContentsUpdater.java
index 0c827712..ecf432c1 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/docs/ReleaseTrainContentsUpdater.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/docs/ReleaseTrainContentsUpdater.java
@@ -72,7 +72,9 @@ class ReleaseTrainContentsUpdater implements ReleaserPropertiesAware {
 	 * @param projects projects to update project repo for
 	 * @return {@link File cloned temporary directory} - {@code null} if wrong version is
 	 * used or the switch is turned off
+	 * @deprecated - index.html doesn't look like this anymore
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	File updateProjectRepo(Projects projects) {
 		if (!this.properties.getGit().isUpdateSpringProject()) {
 			log.info("Will not update the Spring Project cause "
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/Tasks.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/Tasks.java
index dfc3915d..ce1d3c9c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/Tasks.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/Tasks.java
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ final class Tasks {
 				args.releaser.updateDocumentationRepository(args.properties,
 						args.versionFromScRelease);
 			}, TaskType.POST_RELEASE);
+
+	@Deprecated
 	static Task UPDATE_SPRING_PROJECT_PAGE = task("updateSpringProjectPage", "up",
 			"UPDATE SPRING PROJECT PAGE", "Updating Spring Project page", args -> {
 				args.releaser.updateSpringProjectPage(args.projects);
@@ -112,8 +114,7 @@ final class Tasks {
 	static final List<Task> DEFAULT_TASKS_PER_RELEASE = Stream
 			.of(Tasks.RUN_UPDATED_SAMPLES, Tasks.CREATE_TEMPLATES, Tasks.UPDATE_GUIDES,
 					Tasks.UPDATE_RELEASE_TRAIN_DOCUMENTATION, Tasks.UPDATE_DOCUMENTATION,
-					Tasks.UPDATE_SPRING_PROJECT_PAGE, Tasks.UPDATE_RELEASE_TRAIN_WIKI,
-					Tasks.UPDATE_ALL_SAMPLES)
+					Tasks.UPDATE_RELEASE_TRAIN_WIKI, Tasks.UPDATE_ALL_SAMPLES)
 			.collect(Collectors.toList());
 
 	static final List<Task> NON_COMPOSITE_TASKS = new ArrayList<Task>() {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/AcceptanceTests.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/AcceptanceTests.java
index 22fd4cb8..13846cf2 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/AcceptanceTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-spring/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/spring/AcceptanceTests.java
@@ -252,18 +252,14 @@ public class AcceptanceTests {
 
 		releaser.release(new OptionsBuilder().metaRelease(true).options());
 
-		// consul, release, documentation, spring-cloud
-		then(this.nonAssertingGitHandler.clonedProjects).hasSize(4);
+		// consul, release, documentation
+		then(this.nonAssertingGitHandler.clonedProjects).hasSize(3);
 		// don't want to verify the docs
 		thenAllStepsWereExecutedForEachProject();
 		thenSaganWasCalled();
 		thenDocumentationWasUpdated();
 		BDDAssertions.then(clonedProject("spring-cloud-consul").tagList().call())
 				.extracting("name").contains("refs/tags/v1.3.5.RELEASE");
-		BDDAssertions
-				.then(gitProject(this.cloudProjectFolder).log().call().iterator().next()
-						.getShortMessage())
-				.contains("Updating project page to release train [Edgware.SR10]");
 		thenRunUpdatedTestsWereCalled();
 		thenUpdateReleaseTrainDocsWasCalled();
 	}
@@ -349,7 +345,7 @@ public class AcceptanceTests {
 
 		releaser.release(new OptionsBuilder().metaRelease(true).options());
 
-		then(temporaryDestination.list()).containsOnly("spring-cloud");
+		then(temporaryDestination.list()).isEmpty();
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -365,8 +361,8 @@ public class AcceptanceTests {
 		releaser.release(new OptionsBuilder().metaRelease(true)
 				.startFrom("spring-cloud-consul").options());
 
-		// consul, cloud
-		then(this.nonAssertingGitHandler.clonedProjects).hasSize(2);
+		// consul
+		then(this.nonAssertingGitHandler.clonedProjects).hasSize(1);
 		this.nonAssertingGitHandler.clonedProjects.stream()
 				.filter(file -> file.getName().equals("spring-cloud-consul"))
 				.forEach(project -> {
@@ -392,8 +388,8 @@ public class AcceptanceTests {
 		releaser.release(new OptionsBuilder().metaRelease(true)
 				.taskNames(Collections.singletonList("spring-cloud-consul")).options());
 
-		// consul, cloud
-		then(this.nonAssertingGitHandler.clonedProjects).hasSize(2);
+		// consul
+		then(this.nonAssertingGitHandler.clonedProjects).hasSize(1);
 		this.nonAssertingGitHandler.clonedProjects.stream()
 				.filter(file -> !file.getName().equals("spring-cloud"))
 				.forEach(project -> {