diff --git a/CRAN-SUBMISSION b/CRAN-SUBMISSION
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-Version: 8.16
-Date: 2022-01-05 03:22:59 UTC
-SHA: d013c0b225d10fba4a38a123158428e2764ef2d8
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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--- a/NEWS.md
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# forecast 8.16 (5 January 2022)
+# forecast 8.16 (10 January 2022)
   * Fixed `tslm()` incorrectly applying Box-Cox transformations when an `mts`
 is provided to the `data` argument (#886).
   * Set D=0 when auto.arima applied to series with 2m observations or fewer.
diff --git a/build.R b/build.R
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-devtools::check_win_oldrelease(args = "--compact-vignettes=both")
-devtools::check_win_release(args = "--compact-vignettes=both")
-devtools::check_win_devel(args = "--compact-vignettes=both")
-
-devtools::release(check=TRUE, args = "--compact-vignettes=both")
diff --git a/revdep_checks.R b/revdep_checks.R
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-# Find all revdep packages
-packages <- revdepcheck::cran_revdeps("forecast")
-# Install them
-remotes::install_cran(packages)
-# Check revdeps
-revdepcheck::revdep_add(packages=c("bmgarch","JFE"))
-revdepcheck::revdep_check()
-# Check forecast
-devtools::check_win_oldrelease(args = "--compact-vignettes=both")
-devtools::check_win_release(args = "--compact-vignettes=both")
-devtools::check_win_devel(args = "--compact-vignettes=both")
-devtools::release(check=FALSE, args = "--compact-vignettes=both")