diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a12e27b..21969d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ pins the same module, a `lib` bump is a constellation-wide rebuild (KV-C6a).
   `plex`, `render`, `research`, `sf-gate`, `stash`) pins an explicit
   `code.tnxs.net/vernonkeenan/lib` tag in its own `go.mod`; consumption is a
   per-consumer `go.mod` bump, never automatic.
-- Distribution is via a world-readable Gitea pull-mirror at
-  `code.tnxs.net/vernonkeenan/lib` (and `work/lib`), enabling
+- Distribution is via the world-readable Gitea pull-mirror at
+  `code.tnxs.net/vernonkeenan/lib`, enabling
   credential-free `go get code.tnxs.net/vernonkeenan/lib@vX.Y.Z` from
   Docker/CI/dev boxes even though the GitHub repo itself is private
   (ADR-KV-014). Everything committed here is treated as **published,
@@ -128,11 +128,8 @@ service's own README for its file name and required keys.
   3. Runs `go build ./...` and `go vet ./...` as a last sanity check.
   4. Creates an annotated tag at HEAD, pushes it, and runs `gh release
      create` with generated notes.
-  5. POSTs to the Gitea mirror-sync API for `vernonkeenan/lib` and
-     `work/lib` (skipped with a warning if `GITEA_TOKEN` is unset — there is
-     no existing Gitea/tnxs token variable defined anywhere on this
-     workstation today; `GITEA_TOKEN` is a new name, not a rename of
-     something already in use).
+  5. POSTs an explicit zero-length body to the Gitea mirror-sync API for
+     `vernonkeenan/lib` (skipped with a warning if `GITEA_TOKEN` is unset).
 
   `make release-dry-run VERSION=vX.Y.Z` runs steps 1-3 and prints what
   steps 4-5 would do, without tagging, pushing, publishing, or syncing
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 8de156b..9c81a30 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #                       rosetta.env, wdwai.env); GITEA_TOKEN is a new variable name
 #                       introduced by this script, not a rename of an existing one.
 #   GITEA_MIRRORS       Space-separated "owner/repo" mirror list (default
-#                       "vernonkeenan/lib work/lib").
+#                       "vernonkeenan/lib").
 #
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ REPO_ROOT="$(cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}/.." && pwd)"
 SWAGGER_VERSION="${SWAGGER_VERSION:-v0.35.0}"
 GITHUB_REPO="${GITHUB_REPO:-vernonkeenan/lib}"
 GITEA_BASE_URL="${GITEA_BASE_URL:-https://code.tnxs.net/api/v1}"
-GITEA_MIRRORS="${GITEA_MIRRORS:-vernonkeenan/lib work/lib}"
+GITEA_MIRRORS="${GITEA_MIRRORS:-vernonkeenan/lib}"
 
 # Sibling service repos this ritual pulls specs from, and the go-swagger
 # generate flags the README's `make swagger` target used to run inline.
@@ -329,6 +329,7 @@ gitea_mirror_sync() {
     repo="${mirror##*/}"
     log "Gitea mirror-sync: ${mirror}"
     status="$(curl -sS -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' -X POST \
+	  --data '' \
       -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
       "${GITEA_BASE_URL}/repos/${owner}/${repo}/mirror-sync")"
     if [[ "$status" != "200" ]]; then