diff --git a/hosting/single/Dockerfile b/hosting/single/Dockerfile
index 2070717a21..e3008c269b 100644
--- a/hosting/single/Dockerfile
+++ b/hosting/single/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends g++ make python
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY package.json .
 COPY yarn.lock .
-COPY lerna.json .
 COPY .yarnrc .
 
 COPY packages/server/package.json packages/server/package.json
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 5143beb4c4..8363faabeb 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "$schema": "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json",
-  "version": "3.41.3",
+  "version": "independent",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
   "concurrency": 20,
   "command": {
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@
       "loadEnvFiles": false
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 153e9b52af..1cdd65c3bc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
     "check:unused-deps:fix": "yarn check:unused-deps --fix",
     "build:sdk": "lerna run --stream build:sdk",
     "deps:circular": "madge packages/server/dist/index.js packages/worker/src/index.ts packages/backend-core/dist/src/index.js packages/cli/src/index.js --circular",
-    "release": "lerna publish from-package --yes --force-publish --no-git-tag-version --no-push --no-git-reset",
     "pending-releases": "node scripts/pendingReleases.js",
     "restore": "yarn run clean && yarn && yarn run build",
     "nuke": "yarn run nuke:packages && yarn run nuke:docker",
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
index c183adee0e..a4146edaa1 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/backend-core/src/environment.ts
@@ -93,21 +93,14 @@ function getPackageJsonFields(): {
     return parsedContent
   }
 
-  let localVersion: string | undefined
-  if (isDev() && !isTest()) {
-    try {
-      const lerna = getParentFile("lerna.json")
-      localVersion = `${lerna.version}+local`
-    } catch {
-      //
-    }
-  }
-
   try {
     const parsedContent = getParentFile("package.json")
     return {
       VERSION:
-        localVersion || process.env.BUDIBASE_VERSION || parsedContent.version,
+        process.env.BUDIBASE_VERSION ||
+        (isDev() && !isTest()
+          ? `${parsedContent.version}+local`
+          : parsedContent.version),
       SERVICE_NAME: parsedContent.name,
     }
   } catch {
diff --git a/scripts/build-single-image.sh b/scripts/build-single-image.sh
index 79b9d118b8..526edd517f 100755
--- a/scripts/build-single-image.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-single-image.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 yarn build:apps
-version=$(./scripts/getCurrentVersion.sh)
 
 docker build \
   -f hosting/single/Dockerfile \
   -t budibase:latest \
-  --build-arg BUDIBASE_VERSION=$version \
+  --build-arg BUDIBASE_VERSION=0.0.0+local \
   --build-arg TARGETBUILD=single \
   .
diff --git a/scripts/bumpVersion.js b/scripts/bumpVersion.js
deleted file mode 100644
index dd54074ae8..0000000000
--- a/scripts/bumpVersion.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-const fs = require("fs")
-const semver = require("semver")
-
-const filePath = "../lerna.json"
-const versionBump = process.argv[2] || "patch"
-
-// Read and parse lerna.json file
-const fileData = fs.readFileSync(filePath)
-const lernaData = JSON.parse(fileData)
-
-const currentVersion = lernaData.version
-
-const newVersion = semver.inc(currentVersion, versionBump, "alpha")
-
-// Update lerna.json file with new version
-lernaData.version = newVersion
-const updatedData = JSON.stringify(lernaData, null, 2)
-fs.writeFileSync(filePath, updatedData)
-
-console.log(`Updated version from ${currentVersion} to ${newVersion}`)
diff --git a/scripts/getCurrentVersion.sh b/scripts/getCurrentVersion.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 61522b1666..0000000000
--- a/scripts/getCurrentVersion.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-version=$(cat lerna.json \
-  | grep version \
-  | head -1 \
-  | awk -F: '{gsub(/"/,"",$2);gsub(/[[:space:]]*/,"",$2); print $2}' \
-  | sed 's/[",]//g')
-echo $version
diff --git a/scripts/run-single-image.sh b/scripts/run-single-image.sh
index b3e2a171f6..2d8f5e41e5 100755
--- a/scripts/run-single-image.sh
+++ b/scripts/run-single-image.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 
-version=$(./scripts/getCurrentVersion.sh)
-
 docker run -d \
   --name budibase-single \
   -p 80:80 \
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ docker run -d \
   -e DEPLOYMENT_ENVIRONMENT="docker" \
   -e SELF_HOSTED="1" \
   -e NODE_ENV="production" \
-  -e BUDIBASE_VERSION=$version \
+  -e BUDIBASE_VERSION=0.0.0+local \
   budibase:latest
 
 echo "Budibase single image is running. Access it at http://localhost:80"
diff --git a/scripts/versionCommit.sh b/scripts/versionCommit.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c6bf8adda9..0000000000
--- a/scripts/versionCommit.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-if [ -z "${1:-}" ]
-then
-  echo "Error: bump type is required. Usage: $0 [major|minor|patch|prerelease]"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# Bump the version in lerna.json
-node ./bumpVersion.js $1
-
-
-NEW_VERSION=$(node -p "require('../lerna.json').version")
-git add ../lerna.json
-git commit -m "Bump version to $NEW_VERSION"
-git tag $NEW_VERSION
-git push
-git push --tags