diff --git a/idl-fixup.sh b/idl-fixup.sh
index bc9275128..66c9e9089 100755
--- a/idl-fixup.sh
+++ b/idl-fixup.sh
@@ -19,3 +19,16 @@ done
 # errors on enums that have tuple variants. This hack drops these from the idl.
 perl -0777 -pi -e 's/ *{\s*"name": "NodeRef(?<nested>(?:[^{}[\]]+|\{(?&nested)\}|\[(?&nested)\])*)\},\n//g' \
 	target/idl/mango_v4.json target/types/mango_v4.ts;
+
+# Reduce size of idl to be uploaded to chain
+cp target/idl/mango_v4.json target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json
+jq 'del(.types[]?.docs)' target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json \
+ > target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json.bak && mv target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json.bak target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json
+jq 'del(.accounts[]?.type.fields[]?.docs)' target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json \
+ > target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json.bak && mv target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json.bak target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json
+jq 'del(.instructions[]?.docs)' target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json \
+ > target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json.bak && mv target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json.bak target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json
+jq 'del(.instructions[]?.accounts[]?.docs)' target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json \
+ > target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json.bak && mv target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json.bak target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json
+jq 'del(.types[]?.type.fields[]?.docs)' target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json \
+ > target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json.bak && mv target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json.bak target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json
diff --git a/release-to-devnet.sh b/release-to-devnet.sh
index 07e6aa0f1..91f010fe1 100755
--- a/release-to-devnet.sh
+++ b/release-to-devnet.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ solana --url https://mango.devnet.rpcpool.com program deploy --program-id $PROGR
 
 # # publish idl
 cargo run -p anchor-cli -- idl upgrade --provider.cluster https://mango.devnet.rpcpool.com --provider.wallet $WALLET_WITH_FUNDS \
-    --filepath target/idl/mango_v4.json $PROGRAM_ID
+    --filepath target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json $PROGRAM_ID
 
 
 # build npm package
diff --git a/release-to-mainnet.sh b/release-to-mainnet.sh
index dc0ccfb6e..d75c80e57 100755
--- a/release-to-mainnet.sh
+++ b/release-to-mainnet.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ solana --url $MB_CLUSTER_URL program deploy --program-id $PROGRAM_ID  \
 
 # publish idl
 cargo run -p anchor-cli -- idl upgrade --provider.cluster $MB_CLUSTER_URL --provider.wallet $WALLET_WITH_FUNDS \
-    --filepath target/idl/mango_v4.json $PROGRAM_ID
+    --filepath target/idl/mango_v4_no_docs.json $PROGRAM_ID
 
 
 # build npm package