diff --git a/jjb/docs.yaml b/jjb/docs.yaml
index aec942f..4cbe987 100644
--- a/jjb/docs.yaml
+++ b/jjb/docs.yaml
@@ -138,16 +138,5 @@
       - shell: |
           cd cord/docs
           make build
-
-# publish over ssh: https://docs.openstack.org/infra/jenkins-job-builder/publishers.html#publishers.ssh
-    publishers:
-      - ssh:
-          site: '{docs-ssh-host}'
-          source: 'cord/docs/_book/**'
-          remove-prefix: 'cord/docs/_book'
-          target: '//var/www/guide/$GERRIT_BRANCH'
-      - ssh:
-          site: '{docs-ssh-host}'
-          source: 'cord/docs/xos/swagger/**'
-          remove-prefix: 'cord/docs/xos'
-          target: '//var/www/guide/$GERRIT_BRANCH'
+          rsync -rvzh --delete cord/docs/_book/ {docs-ssh-host}:/var/www/guide/$GERRIT_BRANCH
+          rsync -rvzh --delete cord/docs/xos/swagger/ {docs-ssh-host}:/var/www/guide/$GERRIT_BRANCH