diff --git a/qgreenland/util/config/export.py b/qgreenland/util/config/export.py
index 6912fcf1..c17261cf 100644
--- a/qgreenland/util/config/export.py
+++ b/qgreenland/util/config/export.py
@@ -22,50 +22,11 @@
     get_layer_release_filepath,
     vector_or_raster,
 )
-from qgreenland.util.metadata import build_layer_metadata
 from qgreenland.util.tree import LayerNode
-from qgreenland.util.version import get_build_version
 
 DEFAULT_LAYER_MANIFEST_PATH = Path("./layers.csv")
 
 
-def export_config_manifest(
-    cfg: Config,
-    output_path: Path = DEFAULT_LAYER_MANIFEST_PATH,
-) -> None:
-    """Write a machine-readable manifest to disk describing available layers.
-
-    This includes layers for which `in_package is False`.
-
-    This must be run after the layers are in their release location, because we
-    need to calculate their size on disk.
-    """
-    manifest_spec_version = "v0.1.0"
-    manifest = {
-        "version": manifest_spec_version,
-        "qgr_version": get_build_version(),
-        "layers": [
-            {
-                # ID first for readability
-                "id": layer_node.layer_cfg.id,
-                **layer_node.layer_cfg.dict(include={"title", "description", "tags"}),
-                "hierarchy": layer_node.group_name_path,
-                "layer_details": build_layer_metadata(layer_node.layer_cfg),
-                "assets": _layer_manifest_final_assets(layer_node),
-            }
-            for layer_node in cfg.layer_tree.leaves
-            # For now, do not include online layers in the layer manifest. The
-            # `QGreenland Custom` QGIS Plugin does not currently support online
-            # layers. Once online layers are supported in the plugin, this `if`
-            # statement can be removed.
-            if not isinstance(layer_node.layer_cfg.input.asset, OnlineAsset)
-        ],
-    }
-
-    with open(output_path, "w") as ofile:
-        json.dump(manifest, ofile)
-
-
 def export_config_csv(
     cfg: Config,
     output_path: Path = DEFAULT_LAYER_MANIFEST_PATH,
diff --git a/qgreenland/util/luigi/tasks/pipeline.py b/qgreenland/util/luigi/tasks/pipeline.py
index 1037fc8e..55bba521 100644
--- a/qgreenland/util/luigi/tasks/pipeline.py
+++ b/qgreenland/util/luigi/tasks/pipeline.py
@@ -8,14 +8,13 @@
     ANCILLARY_DIR,
     COMPILE_PACKAGE_DIR,
     PROJECT_DIR,
-    RELEASE_LAYERS_DIR,
     VERSIONED_PACKAGE_DIR,
     WIP_PACKAGE_DIR,
 )
 from qgreenland.constants.project import ENVIRONMENT, PROJECT
 from qgreenland.util.cleanup import cleanup_intermediate_dirs
 from qgreenland.util.config.config import get_config
-from qgreenland.util.config.export import export_config_csv, export_config_manifest
+from qgreenland.util.config.export import export_config_csv
 from qgreenland.util.luigi import generate_layer_pipelines
 from qgreenland.util.luigi.tasks.ancillary import (
     AncillaryFile,
@@ -78,26 +77,6 @@ def requires(self):
         yield from tasks
 
 
-class LayerManifest(luigi.Task):
-    """A JSON manifest of layers available for access.
-
-    Intended to be processed by machine, e.g. QGIS plugin.
-    """
-
-    def output(self):
-        return luigi.LocalTarget(
-            RELEASE_LAYERS_DIR / "manifest.json",
-        )
-
-    def requires(self):
-        yield LayerPipelines()
-
-    def run(self):
-        config = get_config()
-        with self.output().temporary_path() as temp_path:
-            export_config_manifest(config, output_path=temp_path)
-
-
 class CreateQgisProjectFile(luigi.Task):
     """Create .qgz/.qgs project file."""
 
@@ -197,9 +176,14 @@ def run(self):
 
 
 class HostedLayers(luigi.WrapperTask):
+    """Generate all layers we need to host.
+
+    This is a vestige of the QGreenland Custom QGIS plugin; we no longer need to "host"
+    layers, except for backwards-compatibility.
+    """
+
     def requires(self):
         yield LayerPipelines()
-        yield LayerManifest()
 
 
 class QGreenlandAll(luigi.WrapperTask):