diff --git a/.firebaserc b/.firebaserc
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b215d7706..0000000000
--- a/.firebaserc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "projects": {
-    "default": "istio-io",
-    "v01": "istiodocs-v01"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 4696c8e6ee..c9b6a79764 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 So, you want to hack on the Istio web site? Yay! Please refer to Istio's overall
 [contribution guidelines](https://github.com/istio/community/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 to find out how you can help.
+
+For specifics on hacking on our site, check this [info](https://istio.io/about/contribute/)
diff --git a/_about/contribute/index.md b/_about/contribute/index.md
index 7a81d0c780..9289e1fa7d 100644
--- a/_about/contribute/index.md
+++ b/_about/contribute/index.md
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ toc: false
 redirect_from: /docs/welcome/contribute/index.html
 ---
 
-{% include section-index.html docs=site.docs %}
+{% include section-index.html docs=site.about %}
diff --git a/_about/notes/index.md b/_about/notes/index.md
index 445420c64e..8b437f4b1a 100644
--- a/_about/notes/index.md
+++ b/_about/notes/index.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ redirect_from:
 toc: false  
 ---
 
-{% include section-index.html docs=site.docs %}
+{% include section-index.html docs=site.about %}
 
 
 - The [latest](https://github.com/istio/istio/releases) Istio monthly release is {{site.data.istio.version}}. It is downloaded when the following is used(*):
diff --git a/firebase.json b/firebase.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e3905a5e4f..0000000000
--- a/firebase.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "hosting": {
-    "public": "_site"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4fdd814f69..0000000000
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# This is deprecated - moved to
-# https://github.com/istio/admin-sites/blob/master/archive.istio.io/build.sh
-
-#example: PROJECT_ID=istiodocs-v01 RELEASE=0.1 FIREBASE_TOKEN=aabbccdd ./scripts/build.sh
-
-# This script builds and pushes the current branch
-# to a firebase project
-# The ci token produced by 'firebase login:ci'
-# MUST have access to the given projects
-
-PROJECT_ID=${PROJECT_ID:?"PROJECT_ID required"}
-FIREBASE_TOKEN=${FIREBASE_TOKEN:?"FIREBASE_TOKEN required"}
-RELEASE=${RELEASE:?"RELEASE is required"}
-
-if [[ -z ${INDOCKER} ]];then
-	docker run --rm --label=jekyll --volume=$(pwd):/srv/jekyll \
-		-e PROJECT_ID=$PROJECT_ID \
-		-e FIREBASE_TOKEN=$FIREBASE_TOKEN \
-		-e INDOCKER=true \
-		-e RELEASE=${RELEASE} \
-		jekyll/jekyll scripts/build.sh
-else
-	set -e
-	# The directory now is /srv/jekyll inside the container
-	# TODO bake a new docker image with correct versions from bundler
-	PUBLIC=_static_site
-	rm -Rf ${PUBLIC} ; mkdir ${PUBLIC}
-	echo "baseurl: /v-${RELEASE}" > config_override.yml
-	jekyll build --config _config.yml,config_override.yml
-	mv _site "${PUBLIC}/v-${RELEASE}"
-	npm install -g firebase-tools
-	firebase use $PROJECT_ID --non-interactive --token $FIREBASE_TOKEN
-	firebase deploy --public ${PUBLIC} --non-interactive --token $FIREBASE_TOKEN
-fi