diff --git a/app/router/condition_test.go b/app/router/condition_test.go
index 50611f294..e4a097537 100644
--- a/app/router/condition_test.go
+++ b/app/router/condition_test.go
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ func loadGeoSite(country string) ([]*Domain, error) {
 func TestChinaSites(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := With(t)
 
-	common.Must(sysio.CopyFile(platform.GetAssetLocation("geosite.dat"), filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GOPATH"), "src", "v2ray.com", "core", "tools", "release", "config", "geosite.dat")))
+	common.Must(sysio.CopyFile(platform.GetAssetLocation("geosite.dat"), filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GOPATH"), "src", "v2ray.com", "core", "release", "config", "geosite.dat")))
 
 	domains, err := loadGeoSite("CN")
 	assert(err, IsNil)
diff --git a/common/net/ipnet_test.go b/common/net/ipnet_test.go
index 2943e59a6..77bab96b7 100644
--- a/common/net/ipnet_test.go
+++ b/common/net/ipnet_test.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func TestIPNet(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestGeoIPCN(t *testing.T) {
 	assert := With(t)
-	common.Must(sysio.CopyFile(platform.GetAssetLocation("geoip.dat"), filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GOPATH"), "src", "v2ray.com", "core", "tools", "release", "config", "geoip.dat")))
+	common.Must(sysio.CopyFile(platform.GetAssetLocation("geoip.dat"), filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GOPATH"), "src", "v2ray.com", "core", "release", "config", "geoip.dat")))
 
 	ips, err := loadGeoIP("CN")
 	common.Must(err)
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func loadGeoIP(country string) ([]*router.CIDR, error) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkIPNetQuery(b *testing.B) {
-	common.Must(sysio.CopyFile(platform.GetAssetLocation("geoip.dat"), filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GOPATH"), "src", "v2ray.com", "core", "tools", "release", "config", "geoip.dat")))
+	common.Must(sysio.CopyFile(platform.GetAssetLocation("geoip.dat"), filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GOPATH"), "src", "v2ray.com", "core", "release", "config", "geoip.dat")))
 
 	ips, err := loadGeoIP("CN")
 	common.Must(err)
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func BenchmarkIPNetQuery(b *testing.B) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkCIDRQuery(b *testing.B) {
-	common.Must(sysio.CopyFile(platform.GetAssetLocation("geoip.dat"), filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GOPATH"), "src", "v2ray.com", "core", "tools", "release", "config", "geoip.dat")))
+	common.Must(sysio.CopyFile(platform.GetAssetLocation("geoip.dat"), filepath.Join(os.Getenv("GOPATH"), "src", "v2ray.com", "core", "release", "config", "geoip.dat")))
 
 	ips, err := loadGeoIP("CN")
 	common.Must(err)
diff --git a/tools/release/config/geoip.dat b/release/config/geoip.dat
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/release/config/geoip.dat
rename to release/config/geoip.dat
diff --git a/tools/release/config/geosite.dat b/release/config/geosite.dat
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/release/config/geosite.dat
rename to release/config/geosite.dat
diff --git a/tools/release/config/systemd/v2ray.service b/release/config/systemd/v2ray.service
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/release/config/systemd/v2ray.service
rename to release/config/systemd/v2ray.service
diff --git a/tools/release/config/systemv/v2ray b/release/config/systemv/v2ray
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/release/config/systemv/v2ray
rename to release/config/systemv/v2ray
diff --git a/tools/release/config/vpoint_socks_vmess.json b/release/config/vpoint_socks_vmess.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/release/config/vpoint_socks_vmess.json
rename to release/config/vpoint_socks_vmess.json
diff --git a/tools/release/config/vpoint_vmess_freedom.json b/release/config/vpoint_vmess_freedom.json
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/release/config/vpoint_vmess_freedom.json
rename to release/config/vpoint_vmess_freedom.json
diff --git a/tools/release/doc/readme.md b/release/doc/readme.md
similarity index 92%
rename from tools/release/doc/readme.md
rename to release/doc/readme.md
index 8fadb7706..2af2ba4af 100644
--- a/tools/release/doc/readme.md
+++ b/release/doc/readme.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ v2ray --config=<full path>
 
 压缩包中的 .sig 文件为 GPG 签名文件，用来验证对应程序文件的真实性。签名公钥可以在下面的链接找到：
 
-https://github.com/v2ray/v2ray-core/blob/master/tools/release/verify/official_release.asc
+https://github.com/v2ray/v2ray-core/blob/master/release/verify/official_release.asc
 
 ## 问题反馈
 
diff --git a/tools/release/make-release.sh b/release/make-release.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/release/make-release.sh
rename to release/make-release.sh
diff --git a/tools/release/release-ci.sh b/release/release-ci.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/release/release-ci.sh
rename to release/release-ci.sh
diff --git a/tools/release/verify/official_release.asc b/release/verify/official_release.asc
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/release/verify/official_release.asc
rename to release/verify/official_release.asc
diff --git a/tools/tools.go b/tools/tools.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 61f89aea9..000000000
--- a/tools/tools.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-// Package tools contains utilities that is not directly linked into V2Ray binary.
-package tools