diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8d205a..dfdf588 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ rexserver
 *.tar.gz
 *.zip
 /rexforge_*
-VERSION.txt
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9d4657d..417f50a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,21 @@
-VERSION_FILE := VERSION.txt
+rev := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
+release_name := rexforge_$(rev)
 
-ifeq ($(wildcard $(VERSION_FILE)),)
-  $(shell bash ./generate_version.sh $VERSION_FILE)
-endif
-
-REX_VERSION := $(shell cat $(VERSION_FILE))
-RELEASE_NAME := rexforge_$(REX_VERSION)
-export REX_VERSION
-
-help:
-	@echo -e "Makefile for $(RELEASE_NAME)\n"
-	@echo "Available targets:"
-	@echo "  release    - Create a release version and package"
-	@echo "  clean      - Clean up build files"
-	@echo "  container  - Build an OCI container (requires podman)"
-	@echo "  help       - Show this help message"
-
-release: $(RELEASE_NAME)
+release: $(release_name)
 	make -C ./rex_client
 	make -C ./rex_server
-	mv ./rex_client/rexclient $(RELEASE_NAME)
-	mv ./rex_server/rexserver $(RELEASE_NAME)
-	cp ./LICENSE.txt $(RELEASE_NAME)
-	cp ./VERSION.txt $(RELEASE_NAME)
-	cp ./README.md $(RELEASE_NAME)
-	mkdir -p $(RELEASE_NAME)/source
-	cp ./VERSION.txt $(RELEASE_NAME)/source
-	git ls-files | xargs -I{} cp --parents {} $(RELEASE_NAME)/source
-	date -I > $(RELEASE_NAME)/VERSION.txt
-	echo $(rev) >> $(RELEASE_NAME)/VERSION.txt
-	go version >> $(RELEASE_NAME)/VERSION.txt
-	tar cvzf $(RELEASE_NAME).tar.gz $(RELEASE_NAME)
+	mv ./rex_client/rexclient $(release_name)
+	mv ./rex_server/rexserver $(release_name)
+	cp ./LICENSE.txt $(release_name)
+	cp ./README.md $(release_name)
+	mkdir -p $(release_name)/source
+	git ls-files | xargs -I{} cp --parents {} $(release_name)/source
+	date -I > $(release_name)/VERSION.txt
+	echo $(rev) >> $(release_name)/VERSION.txt
+	go version >> $(release_name)/VERSION.txt
+	tar cvzf $(release_name).tar.gz $(release_name)
 
-$(RELEASE_NAME):
+$(release_name):
 	mkdir -p $@
 
 container:
@@ -44,4 +27,4 @@ clean:
 	rm -rf *.tar.gz
 	rm -rf rexforge_*
 
-.PHONY: release clean container help
+.PHONY: release clean container
diff --git a/generate_version.sh b/generate_version.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2832dc8..0000000
--- a/generate_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-    echo "ERROR: No version file name provided. Usage: $0 <version_file>"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-VERSION_FILE="$1"
-
-if git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    VERSION=$(git describe 2>/dev/null || git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo "v0.0.0-unknown")
-    DIRTY=$(git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || echo "-dirty")
-    FULL_VERSION="${VERSION}${DIRTY}"
-    echo "$FULL_VERSION" >"$VERSION_FILE"
-else
-    if [ -f "$VERSION_FILE" ]; then
-        echo "INFO: $VERSION_FILE already exists. Please update it manually if needed."
-    else
-        echo "ERROR: Not in a Git repository, and $VERSION_FILE does not exist. Unable to generate version!"
-        exit 1
-    fi
-fi