diff --git a/contrib/nightly/build-cross-platform.sh b/contrib/nightly/build-cross-platform.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7bb1d900cf8bc1a8f423e2b5f18d021ca412636a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/contrib/nightly/build-cross-platform.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# This script is used to compile and tar gzip the release binaries so that they
-# can be uploaded to Github. It would typically only be used by Dgraph developers
-# while doing a new release. If you are looking to build Dgraph, you should run a
-# go build from inside $GOPATH/src/github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/cmd/dgraph
-
-# Exit script in case an error is encountered.
-set -e
-
-echo -e "\n\n Downloading xgo"
-go get github.com/karalabe/xgo
-
-platform=$1
-asset_suffix=$2
-cur_dir=$(pwd);
-tmp_dir=/tmp/dgraph-build;
-release_version=$(git describe --abbrev=0);
-if [[ -n $asset_suffix ]]; then
- release_version="$release_version${asset_suffix}"
-fi
-
-# TODO - Add checksum file later when we support get.dgraph.io for Windows.
-
-# If temporary directory already exists delete it.
-if [ -d "$tmp_dir" ]; then
- rm -rf $tmp_dir
-fi
-
-mkdir $tmp_dir;
-
-source $GOPATH/src/github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/contrib/nightly/constants.sh
-
-pushd $GOPATH/src/github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/dgraph > /dev/null
-
-if [[ $platform == "windows" ]]; then
- xgo_target="windows/amd64"
-else
- xgo_target="darwin-10.9/amd64"
-fi
-
-echo -e "\n\n\033[1;33mBuilding binaries for $platform\033[0m"
-xgo --go 1.10.x --targets $xgo_target -ldflags \
- "-X $release=$release_version -X $branch=$gitBranch -X $commitSHA1=$lastCommitSHA1 -X '$commitTime=$lastCommitTime'" .;
-
-echo -e "\n\033[1;33mCopying binaries to tmp folder\033[0m"
-if [[ $platform == "windows" ]]; then
- mv dgraph-windows-4.0-amd64.exe $tmp_dir/dgraph.exe
-else
- mv dgraph-darwin-10.9-amd64 $tmp_dir/dgraph
-fi
-
-
-pushd $ratel
-echo -e "\033[1;33mBuilding ratel binary for $platform\033[0m"
-if [[ $platform == "windows" ]]; then
- GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags \
- "-X $ratel_release=$release_version" -o dgraph-ratel.exe .
- mv dgraph-ratel.exe $tmp_dir
-else
- GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -ldflags \
- "-X $ratel_release=$release_version" -o dgraph-ratel .
- mv dgraph-ratel $tmp_dir
-fi
-popd
-
-echo -e "\n\033[1;34mSize of files: $(du -sh $tmp_dir)\033[0m"
-
-echo -e "\n\033[1;33mCreating tar file\033[0m"
-tar_file=dgraph-"$platform"-amd64.tar.gz
-
-# Create a tar file with the contents of the dgraph folder (i.e the binaries)
-if [[ $platform == "windows" ]]; then
- tar -zcvf $tar_file -C $tmp_dir .
-else
- checksum=$(shasum -a 256 $tmp_dir/dgraph | awk '{print $1}')
- echo "$checksum /usr/local/bin/dgraph" >> $cur_dir/"dgraph-checksum-darwin-amd64.sha256"
-
- checksum=$(shasum -a 256 $tmp_dir/dgraph-ratel | awk '{print $1}')
- echo "$checksum /usr/local/bin/dgraph-ratel" >> $cur_dir/"dgraph-checksum-darwin-amd64.sha256"
-
- tar -zcvf $tar_file -C $tmp_dir .
-fi
-
-echo -e "\n\033[1;34mSize of tar file: $(du -sh $tar_file)\033[0m"
-
-echo -e "\n\033[1;33mMoving tarfile to original directory\033[0m"
-mv $tar_file $cur_dir
-rm -rf $tmp_dir
-
diff --git a/contrib/nightly/constants.sh b/contrib/nightly/constants.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 519b638dcb8177d8bf3ff826d4d0ec4f0499cd6b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/contrib/nightly/constants.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-
-lastCommitSHA1=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD);
-gitBranch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
-lastCommitTime=$(git log -1 --format=%ci)
-dgraph_cmd=$GOPATH/src/github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/dgraph;
-
-ratel_release="github.com/dgraph-io/ratel/server.ratelVersion"
-release="github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/x.dgraphVersion"
-branch="github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/x.gitBranch"
-commitSHA1="github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/x.lastCommitSHA"
-commitTime="github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/x.lastCommitTime"
-
-ratel=$GOPATH/src/github.com/dgraph-io/ratel;
diff --git a/contrib/release.sh b/contrib/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3f51b936aa9dd6f6309733346f75196b4cfc35d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Script to do Dgraph release. This script would output the built binaries in
+# $TMP. This script should NOT be responsible for doing any testing, or
+# uploading to any server. The sole task of this script is to build the
+# binaries and prepare them such that any human or script can then pick these up
+# and use them as they deem fit.
+
+# Don't use standard GOPATH. Create a new one.
+GOPATH="/tmp/go"
+rm -Rf $GOPATH
+mkdir $GOPATH
+
+TAG=$1
+TMP="/tmp/build"
+rm -Rf $TMP
+mkdir $TMP
+
+if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
+ echo "Must specify which tag to build for."
+ exit 1
+fi
+echo "Building Dgraph for tag: $TAG"
+
+# Stop on first failure.
+set -e
+set -o xtrace
+
+# Check for existence of strip tool.
+type strip
+type shasum
+
+ratel_release="github.com/dgraph-io/ratel/server.ratelVersion"
+release="github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/x.dgraphVersion"
+branch="github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/x.gitBranch"
+commitSHA1="github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/x.lastCommitSHA"
+commitTime="github.com/dgraph-io/dgraph/x.lastCommitTime"
+
+echo "Using Go version"
+go version
+
+go get -u github.com/jteeuwen/go-bindata/...
+go get -d -u golang.org/x/net/context
+go get -d google.golang.org/grpc
+go get -u github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus
+go get -u github.com/dgraph-io/dgo
+# go get github.com/stretchr/testify/require
+go get -u github.com/karalabe/xgo
+
+pushd $GOPATH/src/google.golang.org/grpc
+ git checkout v1.13.0
+popd
+
+basedir=$GOPATH/src/github.com/dgraph-io
+# Clone Dgraph repo.
+pushd $basedir
+ git clone git@github.com:dgraph-io/dgraph.git
+popd
+
+pushd $basedir/dgraph
+ git pull
+ git checkout $TAG
+ # HEAD here points to whatever is checked out.
+ lastCommitSHA1=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD);
+ gitBranch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+ lastCommitTime=$(git log -1 --format=%ci)
+ release_version=$(git describe --abbrev=0);
+popd
+
+# Clone ratel repo.
+pushd $basedir
+ git clone git@github.com:dgraph-io/ratel.git
+popd
+
+pushd $basedir/ratel
+ git pull
+ source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh
+ nvm install --lts
+ ./scripts/build.prod.sh
+popd
+
+# Build Windows.
+pushd $basedir/dgraph/dgraph
+ xgo --targets=windows/amd64 -ldflags \
+ "-X $release=$release_version -X $branch=$gitBranch -X $commitSHA1=$lastCommitSHA1 -X '$commitTime=$lastCommitTime'" .
+ mkdir $TMP/windows
+ mv dgraph-windows-4.0-amd64.exe $TMP/windows/dgraph.exe
+popd
+
+pushd $basedir/ratel
+ xgo --targets=windows/amd64 -ldflags "-X $ratel_release=$release_version" .
+ mv ratel-windows-4.0-amd64.exe $TMP/windows/dgraph-ratel.exe
+popd
+
+# Build Darwin.
+pushd $basedir/dgraph/dgraph
+ xgo --targets=darwin-10.9/amd64 -ldflags \
+ "-X $release=$release_version -X $branch=$gitBranch -X $commitSHA1=$lastCommitSHA1 -X '$commitTime=$lastCommitTime'" .
+ mkdir $TMP/darwin
+ mv dgraph-darwin-10.9-amd64 $TMP/darwin/dgraph
+popd
+
+pushd $basedir/ratel
+ xgo --targets=darwin-10.9/amd64 -ldflags "-X $ratel_release=$release_version" .
+ mv ratel-darwin-10.9-amd64 $TMP/darwin/dgraph-ratel
+popd
+
+# Build Linux.
+pushd $basedir/dgraph/dgraph
+ xgo --targets=linux/amd64 -ldflags \
+ "-X $release=$release_version -X $branch=$gitBranch -X $commitSHA1=$lastCommitSHA1 -X '$commitTime=$lastCommitTime'" .
+ strip -x dgraph-linux-amd64
+ mkdir $TMP/linux
+ mv dgraph-linux-amd64 $TMP/linux/dgraph
+popd
+
+pushd $basedir/ratel
+ xgo --targets=linux/amd64 -ldflags "-X $ratel_release=$release_version" .
+ strip -x ratel-linux-amd64
+ mv ratel-linux-amd64 $TMP/linux/dgraph-ratel
+popd
+
+createSum () {
+ os=$1
+ echo "Creating checksum for $os"
+ pushd $TMP/$os
+ csum=$(shasum -a 256 dgraph | awk '{print $1}')
+ echo $csum /usr/local/bin/dgraph >> ../dgraph-checksum-$os-amd64.sha256
+ csum=$(shasum -a 256 dgraph-ratel | awk '{print $1}')
+ echo $csum /usr/local/bin/dgraph-ratel >> ../dgraph-checksum-$os-amd64.sha256
+ popd
+}
+
+createSum darwin
+createSum linux
+
+createTar () {
+ os=$1
+ echo "Creating tar for $os"
+ pushd $TMP/$os
+ tar -zcvf ../dgraph-$os-amd64.tar.gz *
+ popd
+ rm -Rf $TMP/$os
+}
+
+createTar windows
+createTar darwin
+createTar linux
+
+echo "Release $TAG is ready."
+ls -alh $TMP