diff --git a/get-version.sh b/get-version.sh
index 9f3cc31d2..e04df4d2e 100644
--- a/get-version.sh
+++ b/get-version.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# This script is used to extract the version string from the package.json file
-echo "$(cat package.json | grep version | head -1 | awk -F: '{ print $2 }' | sed 's/[",]//g' | tr -d '[[:space:]]')" 
\ No newline at end of file
+echo $(git log -1 --pretty=%h)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ffb0ad06b..000000000
--- a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "@herenotthere/dendrite-monolith",
-  "version": "1.0.38"
-}