diff --git a/archive-nightly b/archive-nightly
index 9e581ca..ab0e5fd 100755
--- a/archive-nightly
+++ b/archive-nightly
@@ -11,28 +11,36 @@ mkdir jenkins-artifacts
 # publish-nightly publishes scaladoc, distribution archives
 [[ -d build/scaladoc ]] && {
   mkdir -p jenkins-artifacts/build
-  rsync -rlv build/scaladoc jenkins-artifacts/build/
-}
-[[ -d dists/archives ]] && {
-  mkdir -p jenkins-artifacts/dists
-  rsync -rlv dists/archives jenkins-artifacts/dists/
+  rsync -rl build/scaladoc jenkins-artifacts/build/
 }
+
+# since 2.11.x, we don't publish nightly archives anymore (tgz/zip etc). commenting
+# this out also stops publishing archiving them for 2.10.x
+#[[ -d dists/archives ]] && {
+#  mkdir -p jenkins-artifacts/dists
+#  rsync -rl dists/archives jenkins-artifacts/dists/
+#}
+
+# sbaz is long gone.
 #[[ -d dists/sbaz ]] && {
 #  mkdir -p jenkins-artifacts/dists
-#  rsync -rlv dists/sbaz jenkins-artifacts/dists/
+#  rsync -rl dists/sbaz jenkins-artifacts/dists/
 #}
 
-# publish-nightly publishes maven artifacts
-[[ -d dists/maven ]] && {
+# publish-nightly publishes maven artifacts. this is still in use for 2.10.x.
+# for 2.11.x and later, maven nightlies are published directly in scala-nightly-main.
+# the dists/maven/latest/build.xml file does not exist for 2.11.x and later, so we test on that.
+[[ -e dists/maven/latest/build.xml ]] && {
   mkdir -p jenkins-artifacts/dists
-  rsync -rlv dists/maven jenkins-artifacts/dists/
+  rsync -rl dists/maven jenkins-artifacts/dists/
 }
 
 # scala-nightly-signatures checks signatures of scala-library.jar
-[[ -e dists/latest/lib/scala-library.jar ]] && {
-  mkdir -p jenkins-artifacts/dists/latest/lib
-  cp dists/latest/lib/scala-library.jar jenkins-artifacts/dists/latest/lib/scala-library.jar
-}
+# disabled - scala-nighlty-signatures is disabled for months.
+#[[ -e dists/latest/lib/scala-library.jar ]] && {
+#  mkdir -p jenkins-artifacts/dists/latest/lib
+#  cp dists/latest/lib/scala-library.jar jenkins-artifacts/dists/latest/lib/scala-library.jar
+#}
 
 tar czf jenkins-artifacts.tgz jenkins-artifacts
 rm -rf jenkins-artifacts
diff --git a/job/scala-nightly-main b/job/scala-nightly-main
index fc54cff..760396e 100755
--- a/job/scala-nightly-main
+++ b/job/scala-nightly-main
@@ -8,10 +8,15 @@ scriptsDir="$( cd "$( dirname "$0" )/.." && pwd )"
 $scriptsDir/build
 savedState=$?
 
-if grep -q '<target name="publish"' build.xml; then
+# on 2.10.x, publishing to maven is not done here. instead, the archive-nightly task (below)
+# saves the files in dists/maven/latest, and the downstream job (archive-nightly) will do the
+# publishing.
+# this has changed 2.11.x, maven publishing is part of the main build.xml. so we do it here,
+# easier than fixing up the archive-nightly script.
+[[ $publish == "true" ]] && grep -q '<target name="publish"' build.xml && {
   ant publish
   savedStatePublish=$?
-fi
+}
 
 $scriptsDir/archive-nightly
 exit $(($savedState || $savedStatePublish))
diff --git a/publish-nightly b/publish-nightly
index acccb79..21a46f4 100755
--- a/publish-nightly
+++ b/publish-nightly
@@ -24,20 +24,16 @@ EOM
 
     cd jenkins-artifacts
 
-    [[ -d dists/archives ]] || {
-      echo "Can't find build, has it completed? No directory at dists/archives"
-      exit 1
+    # Archive Scala nightly distribution (no-op by now, we no longer publish nightly tgz/zip/...)
+    [[ -d dists/archives ]] && {
+      rsync -az dists/archives/ "$nightly_rsync_dest/distributions"
     }
 
-    # Archive Scala nightly distribution
-    rsync -az dists/archives/ "$nightly_rsync_dest/distributions"
-
     # publish scaladoc nightlies
     rsync -az build/scaladoc/ "$nightly_rsync_dest/$scaladocDir"
 
-    # push to the maven repository
-    # in master, we've already published during the main job
-    if [[ "$jobName" != *-master ]]; then
+    # push to the maven repository. in 2.11.x and above, we've already published during the main job
+    [[ -e dists/maven/latest/build.xml ]]; then
       cd dists/maven/latest
       ant deploy -Dsettings.file=$maven_settings_file
     fi