diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
index 52a07621..afeb6d0a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: sbt/setup-sbt@v1
       - run: sbt ci-release
         env:
-          VERSION: ${{ env.VERSION }}
           PGP_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.PGP_PASSPHRASE }}
           PGP_SECRET: ${{ secrets.PGP_SECRET }}
           SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/version.sbt b/version.sbt
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e5e8dbe..00000000
--- a/version.sbt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ThisBuild / version := sys.env("VERSION")