diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 26355da..ad05978 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -310,43 +310,6 @@ Press F5 to launch the Visual Studio Experimental Instance with your extension l
 
 Extensions are only deployed to the Experimental Instance when building inside Visual Studio. This prevents errors when building from the command line.
 
-### 📋 Publish Manifest Generation
-
-The SDK automatically generates a `publish.manifest.json` file for publishing to the VS Marketplace. All values are extracted from your VSIX manifest:
-
-```json
-{
-  "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/vsix-publish",
-  "categories": [
-    "your", "tags", "here"
-  ],
-  "identity": {
-    "internalName": "MyExtension"
-  },
-  "overview": "README.md",
-  "publisher": "Your Name",
-  "qna": true,
-  "repo": "https://github.com/you/your-repo"
-}
-```
-
-| JSON Field | Source |
-|------------|--------|
-| `publisher` | `Identity/@Publisher` in VSIX manifest |
-| `categories` | `Tags` element in VSIX manifest |
-| `repo` | `MoreInfo` element in VSIX manifest |
-| `internalName` | Project name |
-| `overview` | Configurable via `VsixPublishOverview` property (default: `README.md`) |
-| `qna` | Configurable via `VsixPublishQnA` property (default: `true`) |
-
-To disable publish manifest generation:
-
-```xml
-<PropertyGroup>
-  <GeneratePublishManifest>false</GeneratePublishManifest>
-</PropertyGroup>
-```
-
 ## ⚙️ Configuration
 
 ### Properties
@@ -360,9 +323,6 @@ To disable publish manifest generation:
 | `EnableDefaultVsixItems` | `true` | Auto-include VSIX-related files |
 | `EmitCompilerGeneratedFiles` | `true` | Write generated source files to disk |
 | `CompilerGeneratedFilesOutputPath` | `Generated/` | Location for generated source files |
-| `GeneratePublishManifest` | `true` | Generate `publish.manifest.json` for VS Marketplace |
-| `VsixPublishOverview` | `README.md` | Path to README for marketplace overview |
-| `VsixPublishQnA` | `true` | Enable Q&A on marketplace listing |
 
 > \* Only when `Configuration=Debug` AND building inside Visual Studio
 
diff --git a/samples/SampleExtension/SampleExtension.csproj b/samples/SampleExtension/SampleExtension.csproj
index 697dbe4..b10d44c 100644
--- a/samples/SampleExtension/SampleExtension.csproj
+++ b/samples/SampleExtension/SampleExtension.csproj
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.SDK" Version="17.*" />
-    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools" Version="17.*" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/samples/SampleExtension/publish.manifest.json b/samples/SampleExtension/publish.manifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fc4ef1a..0000000
--- a/samples/SampleExtension/publish.manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/vsix-publish",
-  "categories": [
-    "sample", "test"
-  ],
-  "identity": {
-    "internalName": "SampleExtension"
-  },
-  "overview": "README.md",
-  "publisher": "Coding With Calvin",
-  "qna": true,
-  "repo": "https://github.com/CodingWithCalvin/VsixSdk"
-}
diff --git a/src/CodingWithCalvin.VsixSdk/Sdk/Sdk.Vsix.props b/src/CodingWithCalvin.VsixSdk/Sdk/Sdk.Vsix.props
index 5ae0c77..97fb2ff 100644
--- a/src/CodingWithCalvin.VsixSdk/Sdk/Sdk.Vsix.props
+++ b/src/CodingWithCalvin.VsixSdk/Sdk/Sdk.Vsix.props
@@ -99,25 +99,6 @@
     <VsixVersion Condition="'$(VsixVersion)' == ''">1.0.0</VsixVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!--
-    Publish Manifest Configuration (publish.manifest.json)
-    Used for publishing to VS Marketplace
-    Most values are extracted from the VSIX manifest automatically:
-    - publisher: from Identity/@Publisher
-    - categories: from Tags element
-    - repo: from MoreInfo element
-  -->
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <!-- Enable/disable publish manifest generation -->
-    <GeneratePublishManifest Condition="'$(GeneratePublishManifest)' == ''">true</GeneratePublishManifest>
-
-    <!-- Path to README for marketplace overview (relative to manifest) -->
-    <VsixPublishOverview Condition="'$(VsixPublishOverview)' == ''">README.md</VsixPublishOverview>
-
-    <!-- Enable Q&A on marketplace listing -->
-    <VsixPublishQnA Condition="'$(VsixPublishQnA)' == ''">true</VsixPublishQnA>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
   <!--
     Deploy extension to experimental instance during build (for development)
     Only deploy when building inside Visual Studio (not with dotnet build)
diff --git a/src/CodingWithCalvin.VsixSdk/Sdk/Sdk.Vsix.targets b/src/CodingWithCalvin.VsixSdk/Sdk/Sdk.Vsix.targets
index b914728..ca32a36 100644
--- a/src/CodingWithCalvin.VsixSdk/Sdk/Sdk.Vsix.targets
+++ b/src/CodingWithCalvin.VsixSdk/Sdk/Sdk.Vsix.targets
@@ -122,75 +122,6 @@
     <Delete Files="$(_VsixVersionSentinel)" />
   </Target>
 
-  <!--
-    Generate Publish Manifest (publish.manifest.json)
-    Creates a VS Marketplace publish manifest from project properties and VSIX manifest
-  -->
-  <Target Name="GeneratePublishManifest"
-          AfterTargets="Build"
-          Condition="'$(GeneratePublishManifest)' == 'true' and '$(_SourceVsixManifestPath)' != '' and Exists('$(_SourceVsixManifestPath)')">
-
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <_VsixNsForPeek>&lt;Namespace Prefix='vsix' Uri='http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vsx-schema/2011'/&gt;</_VsixNsForPeek>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <!-- Read Publisher from VSIX manifest -->
-    <XmlPeek XmlInputPath="$(_SourceVsixManifestPath)"
-             Query="/vsix:PackageManifest/vsix:Metadata/vsix:Identity/@Publisher"
-             Namespaces="$(_VsixNsForPeek)">
-      <Output TaskParameter="Result" PropertyName="_VsixPublisher" />
-    </XmlPeek>
-
-    <!-- Read MoreInfo (repo URL) from VSIX manifest -->
-    <XmlPeek XmlInputPath="$(_SourceVsixManifestPath)"
-             Query="/vsix:PackageManifest/vsix:Metadata/vsix:MoreInfo/text()"
-             Namespaces="$(_VsixNsForPeek)">
-      <Output TaskParameter="Result" PropertyName="_VsixMoreInfo" />
-    </XmlPeek>
-
-    <!-- Read Tags (categories) from VSIX manifest -->
-    <XmlPeek XmlInputPath="$(_SourceVsixManifestPath)"
-             Query="/vsix:PackageManifest/vsix:Metadata/vsix:Tags/text()"
-             Namespaces="$(_VsixNsForPeek)">
-      <Output TaskParameter="Result" PropertyName="_VsixTags" />
-    </XmlPeek>
-
-    <!-- Convert comma-separated tags to JSON array format -->
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <!-- First trim spaces after commas, then replace commas with JSON array separators -->
-      <_VsixTagsNormalized>$(_VsixTags.Replace(', ', ','))</_VsixTagsNormalized>
-      <_CategoriesJson>$(_VsixTagsNormalized.Replace(',', '", "'))</_CategoriesJson>
-      <_CategoriesJson>"$(_CategoriesJson)"</_CategoriesJson>
-      <_QnAValue Condition="'$(VsixPublishQnA)' == 'true'">true</_QnAValue>
-      <_QnAValue Condition="'$(VsixPublishQnA)' != 'true'">false</_QnAValue>
-      <_RepoLine Condition="'$(_VsixMoreInfo)' != ''">,
-  "repo": "$(_VsixMoreInfo)"</_RepoLine>
-      <_RepoLine Condition="'$(_VsixMoreInfo)' == ''"></_RepoLine>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <!-- Write the publish manifest JSON -->
-    <PropertyGroup>
-      <_PublishManifestContent><![CDATA[{
-  "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/vsix-publish",
-  "categories": [
-    $(_CategoriesJson)
-  ],
-  "identity": {
-    "internalName": "$(MSBuildProjectName)"
-  },
-  "overview": "$(VsixPublishOverview)",
-  "publisher": "$(_VsixPublisher)",
-  "qna": $(_QnAValue)$(_RepoLine)
-}]]></_PublishManifestContent>
-    </PropertyGroup>
-
-    <WriteLinesToFile File="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\publish.manifest.json"
-                      Lines="$(_PublishManifestContent)"
-                      Overwrite="true" />
-
-    <Message Importance="high" Text="Generated publish manifest: $(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\publish.manifest.json" />
-  </Target>
-
   <!--
     Target to validate VSIX project configuration
     Runs early in the build to catch common mistakes