diff --git a/.github/workflows/createRelease.yml b/.github/workflows/createRelease.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 34a3dab5..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/createRelease.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-# This workflow will build a Swift project
-# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-swift
-
-name: Create release
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [created]
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: macos-latest
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Get the tag version
-      id: tag_version
-      run: echo ::set-output name=VERSION::${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
-    - name: Update version
-      run: sh Scripts/updateVersion.sh $GITHUB_TOKEN ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.VERSION }}
diff --git a/Scripts/updateVersion.sh b/Scripts/updateVersion.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d5a5db5..00000000
--- a/Scripts/updateVersion.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# This script expects two inputs
-# $1 - The github token for opentelemetry-swift
-# $2 - the git tag
-
-#Update version number
-sed -E -i '' 's/public static let OTEL_SWIFT_SDK_VERSION = ".+"/public static let OTEL_SWIFT_SDK_VERSION = "'$2\"/ ./Sources/OpenTelemetrySdk/Version.swift
-cat ./Sources/OpenTelemetrySdk/Version.swift
-git add ./Sources/OpenTelemetrySdk/Version.swift
-git commit -m "Updated version number to $2"
-git tag -f $2
-git push -f --tags origin HEAD:main
diff --git a/Sources/OpenTelemetrySdk/Version.swift b/Sources/OpenTelemetrySdk/Version.swift
index 8fdcb02e..3d96ec04 100644
--- a/Sources/OpenTelemetrySdk/Version.swift
+++ b/Sources/OpenTelemetrySdk/Version.swift
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 import Foundation
 
 extension Resource {
-public static let OTEL_SWIFT_SDK_VERSION = "1.8.0"
+    public static let OTEL_SWIFT_SDK_VERSION : String = "1.8.0"
 }