diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4d58c18b..6775adf6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/deltachat/deltachat-core.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/deltachat/deltachat-core)
 
 The _Delta Chat Core Library_ is written in cross-platform **C**,
-documented at <https://deltachat.github.io/api/>.
+documented at <https://c.delta.chat>.
 
 
 ## Building the C-library 
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 4d644b82..71f32c34 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 to get the api documentation,
 
-- call doxygen in this directory
-- or read it online at <https://deltachat.github.io/api/>
-- or clone `https://github.com/deltachat/api`
+- call doxygen in this directory and browse the `html` subdirectory
+- or read it online at <https://c.delta.chat>
diff --git a/docs/update.sh b/docs/update.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cd4ca65c..00000000
--- a/docs/update.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-# this script generates the c-api html-help-pages
-# from the c-core-source using `doxygen`
-
-UPLOADDIR="../../api"
-
-doxygen
-
-
-# HACK: we use the doxygen commands @defgroup and @addtogroup to sort #define's,
-# however,  doxygen files them under the menu entry "Modules".
-# with the following lines, we correct the menu entry title.
-# if anyone sees a more elegant solution for this, please change it :)
-replace_in_html() {
-	for currfile in *.js; do
-		sed -i "s/$1/$2/g" $currfile
-	done
-	for currfile in *.html; do
-		sed -i "s/$1/$2/g" $currfile
-	done
-}
-cd html
-replace_in_html "Modules" "Constants"
-replace_in_html "all modules" "all constants"
-cd ..
-
-
-mkdir -p ${UPLOADDIR}/docs/
-cp -r html/* ${UPLOADDIR}/docs/
-read -p "if not errors are printed above, press ENTER to commit and push the changes"
-
-pushd . > /dev/null
-
-cd ${UPLOADDIR}
-git add docs/
-git commit -am "update docs"
-git push
-
-popd > /dev/null
-
-
diff --git a/python/doc/index.rst b/python/doc/index.rst
index db22cefa..3473623c 100644
--- a/python/doc/index.rst
+++ b/python/doc/index.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ The ``deltachat`` Python package provides two bindings for the core C-library
 of the https://delta.chat messaging ecosystem:
 
 - :doc:`capi` is a lowlevel CFFI-binding to the
-  `deltachat-core C-API <https://deltachat.github.io/api/index.html>`_.
+  `deltachat-core C-API <https://c.delta.chat>`_.
 
 - :doc:`api` [work-in-progress] is a high level interface to deltachat-core which aims
   to be memory safe and thoroughly tested through continous tox/pytest runs.