diff --git a/actions/release-publication/action.yml b/actions/release-publication/action.yml
index 633922d..4a2feef 100644
--- a/actions/release-publication/action.yml
+++ b/actions/release-publication/action.yml
@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ outputs:
   verification-artifact-name:
     description: Artifact containing PublicationVerification v1 and its upstream release state.
     value: ${{ steps.verify.outputs.verification-artifact-name }}
-  prepared-path:
-    description: PreparedRelease v1 JSON path for downstream steps in the same job.
-    value: ${{ runner.temp }}/release-publication-state/prepared-release.json
-  verification-path:
-    description: PublicationVerification v1 JSON path for downstream steps in the same job.
-    value: ${{ runner.temp }}/release-publication-state/publication-verification.json
 
 runs:
   using: composite
diff --git a/tests/test_release_publication_action.py b/tests/test_release_publication_action.py
index d341dd6..bc64321 100644
--- a/tests/test_release_publication_action.py
+++ b/tests/test_release_publication_action.py
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ def test_retry_loop_reuses_publication_verify_contract(self) -> None:
         self.assertNotIn("apps.nextcloud.com", content)
         self.assertNotIn("actions/workflows", content)
 
-    def test_persists_publication_verification_for_downstream_sync(self) -> None:
+    def test_persists_publication_verification_artifact(self) -> None:
         content = ACTION.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
         self.assertIn('artifact_name="publication-verification-${RELEASE_ID}"', content)
         self.assertIn("actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02", content)
-        self.assertIn("prepared-path:", content)
-        self.assertIn("verification-path:", content)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":