diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge.yml b/.github/workflows/merge.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 97ab48d9..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/merge.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-name: Build and upload to PyPI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-    - 'main'
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - 'main'
-  pull_request_review:
-    types: [submitted]
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-
-jobs:
-  update_version:
-    name: update version
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: "0"
-      - name: Update version on merge
-        run:  |
-            python tools/version.py "beta"
-      - name: Store changes
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: pyproject
-          path: pyproject.toml
-
-  build:
-    name: Build wheels and src
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [update_version]
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: "0"
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: pyproject
-      - name: install build
-        run: python -m pip install build
-      - name: build wheel
-        run: python -m build --sdist --wheel
-      - name: upload wheel
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          path: dist/
-
-  upload_pypi:
-    needs: [build]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-    steps:
-      - name: mint API token
-        id: mint
-        uses: tschm/token-mint-action@v1.0.2
-
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: artifact
-          path: dist
-
-      - name: Publish package distribution to PYPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          password: ${{ steps.mint.outputs.api-token }}
-
-  update_setup:
-    needs: [upload_pypi]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: "0"
-          repository: ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: pyproject
-      - name: check
-        run: |
-          cat pyproject.toml
-          echo ${{github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
-      - name: Commit on merge
-        run: |
-          git config user.name github-actions
-          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
-          git add pyproject.toml
-          git commit -m "update version number"
-          git push
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5ef808be..ad447bf4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ jobs:
         run: python -m pip install build pytest --user
       - name: build wheel
         run: python -m build --sdist --wheel
-      - name: test wheel
-        run: python -m pytest
       - name: upload wheel
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/tools/version.py b/tools/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 646db4bc..00000000
--- a/tools/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-import argparse
-import sys
-
-
-VERSION_STRING = "version = "
-VERSION_MARKS = '"'
-ORDER = ['major', 'minor', 'patch', 'beta']
-VERSION_SEP = ['.', '.', 'b', '']
-
-
-def make_str(version):
-    """
-    Simple function to convert version dict into a string
-    """
-    txt = VERSION_MARKS
-    for j in range(len(ORDER)):
-        txt += version[ORDER[j]] + VERSION_SEP[j]
-    txt += VERSION_MARKS + '\n'
-    return txt
-
-
-def update_version_str(txt: str, bump: str) -> str:
-    """
-    Extracts the version from text and then applies
-    an appropriate bump
-    """
-    tmp = txt.split(VERSION_MARKS)
-    tmp = tmp[1]
-    version = {}
-
-    version[ORDER[0]] = tmp.split(VERSION_SEP[0])[0]
-    version[ORDER[1]] = tmp.split(VERSION_SEP[1])[1]
-    version[ORDER[2]] = tmp.split(VERSION_SEP[2])[0].split(VERSION_SEP[1])[2]
-    version[ORDER[3]] = tmp.split(VERSION_SEP[2])[1]
-
-    version[bump] = str(int(version[bump]) + 1)
-    index = ORDER.index(bump)
-    # reset below current bump
-    for j in range(index+1, len(ORDER)):
-        version[ORDER[j]] = str(0)
-    return VERSION_STRING + make_str(version)
-
-
-def update_version(file_name: str, bump: str):
-    """
-    Reads the file and then updates the version
-    according to the specified bump
-    """
-    if bump not in ORDER:
-        raise ValueError("Specified bump is not allowed")
-
-    lines = []
-    with open(file_name, 'r') as file:
-        lines = file.readlines()
-
-    with open(file_name, 'w') as file:
-        for txt in lines:
-            if VERSION_STRING in txt:
-                txt = update_version_str(txt, bump)
-            file.write(txt)
-
-
-def get_input():
-    """
-    get the bump for the version from the command line arg
-    :returns the bump for the version
-    """
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('bump',
-                        help='the bump to the setup file', type=str)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    print(args)
-    return args.bump
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    try:
-        bump = get_input()
-        update_version('pyproject.toml', bump)
-    except ValueError:
-        error = sys.exc_info()[1]
-        print(error)