diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 5816be49..50ff53f7 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+publish / skip := true  // root project
+
 lazy val scalaTestVersion = "3.2.3"
 
 lazy val commonSettings = Seq(
-  crossScalaVersions := Seq("3.0.0-M1", "2.13.3", "2.12.12", "2.11.12"),
-  scalaVersion       := "2.13.3",
   scalacOptions     ++= Seq("-deprecation", "-feature"),
 )
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lazy val swing = project.in(file("."))
   .settings(
     name := "scala-swing",
     OsgiKeys.exportPackage := Seq(s"scala.swing.*;version=${version.value}"),
-    scalaModuleMimaPreviousVersion := Some("2.1.0"),
+    // scalaModuleMimaPreviousVersion := Some("2.1.0"),  TODO re-enable after we have a 3.0 release
     // set the prompt (for this build) to include the project id.
     ThisBuild / shellPrompt := { state => Project.extract(state).currentRef.project + "> " },
     libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ lazy val examples = project.in(file("examples"))
   .settings(
     scalaVersion := (swing / scalaVersion).value,
     run / fork := true,
-    fork := true
+    fork := true,
+    publish / skip := true,
   )
 
 lazy val uitest = project.in(file("uitest"))
@@ -47,5 +48,6 @@ lazy val uitest = project.in(file("uitest"))
   .settings(
     scalaVersion := (swing / scalaVersion).value,
     run / fork := true,
-    fork := true
+    fork := true,
+    publish / skip := true,
   )
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 65cc465d..ae5ee5ba 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ set -e
 # sbt-dynver sets the version number from the tag
 # sbt-travisci sets the Scala version from the travis job matrix
 
-# When a new binary incompatible Scala version becomes available, a previously released version
-# can be released using that new Scala version by creating a new tag containing the Scala version
-# after a hash, e.g., v1.2.3#2.13.0-M3.
+# To back-publish an existing release for a new Scala / Scala.js / Scala Native version:
+# - check out the tag for the version that needs to be published
+# - change `.travis.yml` to adjust the version numbers and trim down the build matrix as necessary
+# - commit the changes and tag this new revision with an arbitrary suffix after a hash, e.g.,
+#   `v1.2.3#dotty-0.27` (the suffix is ignored, the version will be `1.2.3`)
 
-# For normal tags that are cross-built, we release on JDK 8 for Scala 2.x
+# We release on JDK 8 (for Scala 2.x and 3.x)
 isReleaseJob() {
   if [[ "$ADOPTOPENJDK" == "8" ]]; then
     true
@@ -23,43 +25,30 @@ isReleaseJob() {
   fi
 }
 
-# For tags that define a Scala version, we pick the jobs of one Scala version (2.13.x) to do the releases
-isTagScalaReleaseJob() {
-  if [[ "$ADOPTOPENJDK" == "8" && "$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION" =~ ^2\.13\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-    true
-  else
-    false
-  fi
-}
+if [[ "$SCALAJS_VERSION" == "" ]]; then
+  projectPrefix=""
+else
+  projectPrefix=""
+fi
 
 verPat="[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[A-Za-z0-9-]+)?"
-tagPat="^v$verPat(#$verPat)?$"
+tagPat="^v$verPat(#.*)?$"
 
 if [[ "$TRAVIS_TAG" =~ $tagPat ]]; then
   releaseTask="ci-release"
-  tagScalaVer=$(echo $TRAVIS_TAG | sed s/[^#]*// | sed s/^#//)
-  if [[ "$tagScalaVer" == "" ]]; then
-    if ! isReleaseJob; then
-      echo "Not releasing on Java $ADOPTOPENJDK with Scala $TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION"
-      exit 0
-    fi
-  else
-    if isTagScalaReleaseJob; then
-      setTagScalaVersion='set every scalaVersion := "'$tagScalaVer'"'
-    else
-      echo "The releases for Scala $tagScalaVer are built by other jobs in the travis job matrix"
-      exit 0
-    fi
+  if ! isReleaseJob; then
+    echo "Not releasing on Java $ADOPTOPENJDK with Scala $TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION"
+    exit 0
   fi
 fi
 
 # default is +publishSigned; we cross-build with travis jobs, not sbt's crossScalaVersions
-export CI_RELEASE="publishSigned"
-export CI_SNAPSHOT_RELEASE="publish"
+export CI_RELEASE="${projectPrefix}publishSigned"
+export CI_SNAPSHOT_RELEASE="${projectPrefix}publish"
 
 # default is sonatypeBundleRelease, which closes and releases the staging repo
 # see https://github.com/xerial/sbt-sonatype#commands
 # for now, until we're confident in the new release scripts, just close the staging repo.
 export CI_SONATYPE_RELEASE="; sonatypePrepare; sonatypeBundleUpload; sonatypeClose"
 
-sbt "$setTagScalaVersion" clean test publishLocal $releaseTask
+sbt clean ${projectPrefix}test ${projectPrefix}publishLocal $releaseTask