diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 260e5e9d6ce..e2db71ecb99 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     "lint-frontend:watch:format": "yarn run lint-frontend --monitor --write",
     "build-kolibri-tools": "yarn workspace kolibri-tools run build-kolibri-tools",
     "migrate-core-api": "kolibri-tools migrate  '{kolibri*/**/assets,packages}/**/*.{js,vue}' --ignore '**/dist/**,**/node_modules/**,**/static/**'",
-    "publish-packages": "node ./packages/publish.js",
     "hashi-dev": "yarn workspace hashi run dev",
     "hashi-build": "yarn workspace hashi run build",
     "compress": "kolibri-tools compress 'kolibri/*/**/static/**/*.{html,js,css,svg,map,eot,ttf}'"
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin-kolibri/package.json b/packages/eslint-plugin-kolibri/package.json
index a0747eed759..ae05b2207e4 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin-kolibri/package.json
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin-kolibri/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "eslint-plugin-kolibri",
-  "version": "0.16.1-dev.1",
-  "description": "Custom rules.",
+  "version": "0.18.0",
+  "description": "Custom linting rules for kolibri",
   "author": "Learning Equality",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/kolibri-format/package.json b/packages/kolibri-format/package.json
index 312c3d6c129..1aaa4274beb 100644
--- a/packages/kolibri-format/package.json
+++ b/packages/kolibri-format/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.31.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jest": "^28.9.0",
     "eslint-plugin-jest-dom": "^5.5.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-kolibri": "0.16.1-dev.1",
+    "eslint-plugin-kolibri": "^0.18.0",
     "eslint-plugin-vue": "^9.31.0",
     "fast-glob": "3.3.2",
     "kolibri-logging": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/publish.js b/packages/publish.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 39f84c1c844..00000000000
--- a/packages/publish.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-const path = require('path');
-const execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
-const versionTools = require('./kolibri-tools/lib/version');
-
-/*
- * Step 1 - Set the version of the kolibri package by the current Kolibri version
- */
-
-const version = versionTools.setVersion(
-  path.resolve(__dirname, 'kolibri-core-for-export/package.json'),
-);
-
-/*
- * Step 2 - Set the version of the kolibri-tools package by the current Kolibri version
- */
-
-versionTools.setVersion(path.resolve(__dirname, 'kolibri-tools/package.json'), version);
-
-/*
- * Step 3 - Set the version of the eslint-plugin-kolibri package by the current Kolibri version
- */
-
-versionTools.setVersion(path.resolve(__dirname, 'eslint-plugin-kolibri/package.json'), version);
-
-/*
- * Step 4 - Set version of the browserslist-config-kolibri package by the current Kolibri version
- */
-
-versionTools.setVersion(
-  path.resolve(__dirname, 'browserslist-config-kolibri/package.json'),
-  version,
-);
-
-/*
- * Step 5 - Set version of kolibri-tools' kolibri dependency, eslint-plugin-kolibri dependency,
- * and browserslist-config-kolibri dependency
- */
-
-versionTools.setDependencyVersion(
-  'kolibri',
-  path.resolve(__dirname, 'kolibri-tools/package.json'),
-  version,
-);
-versionTools.setDependencyVersion(
-  'eslint-plugin-kolibri',
-  path.resolve(__dirname, 'kolibri-tools/package.json'),
-  version,
-);
-
-versionTools.setDependencyVersion(
-  'browserslist-config-kolibri',
-  path.resolve(__dirname, 'kolibri-tools/package.json'),
-  version,
-);
-
-/*
- * Step 6 - Set the version of hashi's browserslist-config-kolibri dependency
- */
-versionTools.setDependencyVersion(
-  'browserslist-config-kolibri',
-  path.resolve(__dirname, 'hashi/package.json'),
-  version,
-);
-
-// If the version is a prerelease use the 'next' tag to prevent auto upgrades, otherwise use latest.
-const tag = versionTools.isPrerelease(version) ? 'next' : 'latest';
-
-const currentCwd = process.cwd();
-
-process.chdir(path.resolve(__dirname, '..'));
-
-function publishCommand(workspace) {
-  execSync(`yarn workspace ${workspace} publish --new-version ${version} --tag ${tag}`, {
-    stdio: 'inherit',
-  });
-}
-
-['browserslist-config-kolibri', 'eslint-plugin-kolibri', 'kolibri', 'kolibri-tools'].forEach(
-  publishCommand,
-);
-
-process.chdir(currentCwd);