diff --git a/.github/workflows/setup-release-candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/setup-release-candidate.yml
index 97e5aa5adfb..8a96e757fae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/setup-release-candidate.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/setup-release-candidate.yml
@@ -3,21 +3,6 @@ name: Setup Release Candidate
 on:
     workflow_dispatch:
         inputs:
-            versionIncrement:
-                description: 'Release Version Increment'
-                default: 'Minor'
-                required: true
-                type: choice
-                options:
-                    - Major
-                    - Minor
-                    - Patch
-                    - Custom
-            customVersion:
-                description: "Custom Release Version (only used if release increment is 'Custom') - Format: 3.15.0"
-                default: ''
-                required: false
-                type: string
             commitId:
                 description: 'Commit ID to create RC from'
                 required: true
@@ -41,73 +26,20 @@ jobs:
                   node-version: '18'
                   cache: 'npm'
 
-            - name: Calculate Release Versions
-              id: release-version
-              env:
-                  CUSTOM_VERSION: ${{ inputs.customVersion }}
-                  VERSION_INCREMENT: ${{ inputs.versionIncrement }}
+            - name: Generate Branch Name
+              id: branch-name
               run: |
-                  customVersion="$CUSTOM_VERSION"
-                  versionIncrement="$VERSION_INCREMENT"
-
-                  increment_version() {
-                      local currentVersion=$1
-                      if [[ "$versionIncrement" == "Custom" && -n "$customVersion" ]]; then
-                          echo "$customVersion"
-                      else
-                          IFS='.' read -r major minor patch <<< "$currentVersion"
-                          case "$versionIncrement" in
-                              "Major")
-                                  major=$((major + 1))
-                                  minor=0
-                                  patch=0
-                                  ;;
-                              "Minor")
-                                  minor=$((minor + 1))
-                                  patch=0
-                                  ;;
-                              "Patch")
-                                  patch=$((patch + 1))
-                                  ;;
-                          esac
-                          echo "$major.$minor.$patch"
-                      fi
-                  }
-
-                  # Read and increment toolkit version
-                  toolkitCurrentVersion=$(node -e "console.log(require('./packages/toolkit/package.json').version)" | sed 's/-SNAPSHOT//')
-                  toolkitNewVersion=$(increment_version "$toolkitCurrentVersion")
-
-                  # Read and increment amazonq version
-                  amazonqCurrentVersion=$(node -e "console.log(require('./packages/amazonq/package.json').version)" | sed 's/-SNAPSHOT//')
-                  amazonqNewVersion=$(increment_version "$amazonqCurrentVersion")
-
-                  echo "TOOLKIT_VERSION=$toolkitNewVersion" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-                  echo "AMAZONQ_VERSION=$amazonqNewVersion" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-                  # Use date-based branch naming instead of version-based because we release
-                  # both extensions (toolkit and amazonq) from the same branch, and they may
-                  # have different version numbers. We can change this in the future
                   echo "BRANCH_NAME=release/rc-$(date +%Y%m%d)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-            - name: Create RC Branch and Update Versions
+            - name: Create RC Branch
               env:
-                  TOOLKIT_VERSION: ${{ steps.release-version.outputs.TOOLKIT_VERSION }}
-                  AMAZONQ_VERSION: ${{ steps.release-version.outputs.AMAZONQ_VERSION }}
-                  BRANCH_NAME: ${{ steps.release-version.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}
+                  BRANCH_NAME: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}
               run: |
                   git config user.name "aws-toolkit-automation"
                   git config user.email "<>"
 
-                  # Create RC branch using date-based naming
+                  # Create RC branch from specified commit
                   git checkout -b $BRANCH_NAME
 
-                  # Update package versions individually
-                  npm version --no-git-tag-version $TOOLKIT_VERSION -w packages/toolkit
-                  npm version --no-git-tag-version $AMAZONQ_VERSION -w packages/amazonq
-
-                  # Commit version changes
-                  git add packages/toolkit/package.json packages/amazonq/package.json package-lock.json
-                  git commit -m "chore: bump versions - toolkit=$TOOLKIT_VERSION, amazonq=$AMAZONQ_VERSION"
-
                   # Push RC branch
                   git push origin $BRANCH_NAME