diff --git a/.scripts/upload_new_kcat_version.sh b/.scripts/upload_new_kcat_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5915d8858..000000000
--- a/.scripts/upload_new_kcat_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-
-# kcat does not currently publish signatures or SBOMs
-# renaming binary because original file name has no version
-echo "Downloading kcat"
-curl --fail -Ls -o "kcat-$VERSION.tar.gz" "https://github.com/edenhill/kcat/archive/refs/tags/$VERSION.tar.gz"
-
-echo "Uploading to Nexus"
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "kcat-$VERSION.tar.gz" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/kcat/'
-
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded new version of kcat ($VERSION) to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/kcat/"
diff --git a/druid/upload_new_druid_version.sh b/druid/upload_new_druid_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0a3a0929e..000000000
--- a/druid/upload_new_druid_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-# We prefer fast downloads...
-BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dlcdn.apache.org/druid"
-# However, if the version is not available, use the slow archive instead:
-# BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://archive.apache.org/dist/druid"
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-src_file="apache-druid-${VERSION}-src.tar.gz"
-
-echo "Downloading Druid source (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/${VERSION}/${src_file}"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/${VERSION}/${src_file}.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/${VERSION}/${src_file}.sha512"
-
-# It is probably redundant to check both the checksum and the signature but it's cheap and why not
-echo "Validating SHA512 Checksum"
-if ! (sha512sum "${src_file}" | cut -d " " -f 1 | diff -Z - "${src_file}.sha512"); then
-  echo "ERROR: The SHA512 sum does not match"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Validating signature"
-if ! (gpg --verify "${src_file}.asc" "${src_file}" 2> /dev/null); then
-  echo "ERROR: The signature could not be verified"
-  echo "--> Make sure you have imported the KEYS file (${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS) into GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html"
-  echo "--> e.g. \"curl ${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS | gpg --import\""
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/druid/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/druid/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}.sha512" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/druid/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version ${VERSION} of Druid to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/druid/"
diff --git a/hadoop/upload_new_hadoop_version.sh b/hadoop/upload_new_hadoop_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9c390c967..000000000
--- a/hadoop/upload_new_hadoop_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-# We prefer fast downloads...
-BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dlcdn.apache.org/hadoop/common"
-# However, if the version is not available, use the slow archive instead:
-# BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://archive.apache.org/dist/hadoop/common"
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-bin_file=hadoop-$VERSION.tar.gz
-src_file=hadoop-$VERSION-src.tar.gz
-
-echo "Downloading Hadoop binary (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hadoop-$VERSION/$bin_file"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hadoop-$VERSION/$bin_file.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hadoop-$VERSION/$bin_file.sha512"
-
-echo "Downloading Hadoop source (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hadoop-$VERSION/$src_file"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hadoop-$VERSION/$src_file.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hadoop-$VERSION/$src_file.sha512"
-
-# It is probably redundant to check both the checksum and the signature but it's cheap and why not
-echo "Validating SHA512 Checksums"
-if ! (sha512sum --tag "$bin_file" | diff - "$bin_file.sha512" && sha512sum --tag "$src_file" | diff - "$src_file.sha512"); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the SHA512 sums does not match"
-  echo "NOTE: Hadoop 3.2.2 is the only version I could find that uses a different SHA file format, this will fail here, please upload it manually"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Validating signatures"
-if ! (gpg --verify "$bin_file.asc" "$bin_file" 2> /dev/null && gpg --verify "$src_file.asc" "$src_file" 2> /dev/null); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the signatures could not be verified"
-  echo "--> Make sure you have imported the KEYS file (${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS) into GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html"
-  echo "--> e.g. \"curl ${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS | gpg --import\""
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hadoop/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hadoop/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file.sha512" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hadoop/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hadoop/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hadoop/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.sha512" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hadoop/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version $VERSION of Hadoop to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/hadoop/"
diff --git a/hbase/README.md b/hbase/README.md
index c69869715..fcdd00ae3 100644
--- a/hbase/README.md
+++ b/hbase/README.md
@@ -4,27 +4,8 @@ As of SDP 24.7 we do include HBase 2.6 support in an experimental state.
 
 ## Phoenix
 
-At the time of this writing (July 12, 2024) there is no Phoenix release that supports HBase 2.6 so the script `upload_new_phoenix_version.sh` will not work.
-
-HBase 2.6 support [was added](https://github.com/apache/phoenix/pull/1793) with [PHOENIX-7172](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PHOENIX-7172).
-SDP 24.7 includes Phoenix built from the master branch from commit [4afe457](https://github.com/apache/phoenix/tree/4afe4579bb3ab01725e4939746d0b7b807b438ac).
-
-```bash
-# clone the Phoenix repo
-git clone git@github.com:apache/phoenix.git
-cd phoenix
-git checkout 4afe457
-
-# create a tarball
-mkdir ../phoenix-5.3.0-4afe457
-git archive --format=tar --output ../phoenix-5.3.0-4afe457/phoenix.tar 4afe457
-cd ../phoenix-5.3.0-4afe457
-tar xf phoenix.tar
-rm phoenix.tar
-echo 4afe457 > git-commit
-cd ..
-tar -c phoenix-5.3.0-4afe457 | gzip > phoenix-5.3.0-4afe457-src.tar.gz
-```
+HBase 2.6 support [was added](https://github.com/apache/phoenix/pull/1793) with [PHOENIX-7172](https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PHOENIX-7172) and released with Phoenix 5.2.1, which is included since SDP 25.3.
+SDP 24.7 included Phoenix built from the master branch from commit [4afe457](https://github.com/apache/phoenix/tree/4afe4579bb3ab01725e4939746d0b7b807b438ac).
 
 ## HBase operator tools
 
diff --git a/hbase/upload_new_hbase-operator-tools_version.sh b/hbase/upload_new_hbase-operator-tools_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index aa33a3379..000000000
--- a/hbase/upload_new_hbase-operator-tools_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-# We prefer fast downloads...
-BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dlcdn.apache.org/hbase"
-# However, if the version is not available, use the slow archive instead:
-# BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://archive.apache.org/dist/hbase"
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-src_file=hbase-operator-tools-$VERSION-src.tar.gz
-
-echo "Downloading hbase-operator-tools source (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hbase-operator-tools-$VERSION/$src_file"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hbase-operator-tools-$VERSION/$src_file.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hbase-operator-tools-$VERSION/$src_file.sha512"
-
-# It is probably redundant to check both the checksum and the signature but it's cheap and why not
-echo "Validating SHA512 Checksums"
-if ! (gpg --print-md SHA512 "$src_file" | diff - "$src_file.sha512"); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the SHA512 sums does not match"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Validating signatures"
-if ! (gpg --verify "$src_file.asc" "$src_file" 2> /dev/null); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the signatures could not be verified"
-  echo "--> Make sure you have imported the KEYS file (${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS) into GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html"
-  echo "--> e.g. \"curl ${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS | gpg --import\""
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hbase-operator-tools/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hbase-operator-tools/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.sha512" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hbase-operator-tools/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version $VERSION of hbase-operator-tools to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/hbase-operator-tools/"
diff --git a/hbase/upload_new_hbase_version.sh b/hbase/upload_new_hbase_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9b0c9ceef..000000000
--- a/hbase/upload_new_hbase_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-# We prefer fast downloads...
-BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dlcdn.apache.org/hbase"
-# However, if the version is not available, use the slow archive instead:
-# BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://archive.apache.org/dist/hbase"
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-src_file=hbase-$VERSION-src.tar.gz
-
-echo "Downloading HBase source (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/$VERSION/$src_file"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/$VERSION/$src_file.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/$VERSION/$src_file.sha512"
-
-# It is probably redundant to check both the checksum and the signature but it's cheap and why not
-echo "Validating SHA512 Checksums"
-if ! (gpg --print-md SHA512 "$src_file" | diff - "$src_file.sha512"); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the SHA512 sums does not match"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Validating signatures"
-if ! (gpg --verify "$src_file.asc" "$src_file" 2> /dev/null); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the signatures could not be verified"
-  echo "--> Make sure you have imported the KEYS file (${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS) into GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html"
-  echo "--> e.g. \"curl ${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS | gpg --import\""
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hbase/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hbase/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.sha512" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hbase/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version $VERSION of HBase to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/hbase/"
diff --git a/hbase/upload_new_phoenix_version.sh b/hbase/upload_new_phoenix_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 921af8625..000000000
--- a/hbase/upload_new_phoenix_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-# We prefer fast downloads...
-BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dlcdn.apache.org/phoenix"
-# However, if the version is not available, use the slow archive instead:
-# BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://archive.apache.org/dist/phoenix"
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-src_file=phoenix-$VERSION-src.tar.gz
-
-echo "Downloading phoenix source (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/phoenix-$VERSION/$src_file"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/phoenix-$VERSION/$src_file.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/phoenix-$VERSION/$src_file.sha512"
-
-# It is probably redundant to check both the checksum and the signature but it's cheap and why not
-echo "Validating SHA512 Checksums"
-if ! (gpg --print-md SHA512 "$src_file" | diff - "$src_file.sha512"); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the SHA512 sums does not match"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Validating signatures"
-if ! (gpg --verify "$src_file.asc" "$src_file" 2> /dev/null); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the signatures could not be verified"
-  echo "--> Make sure you have imported the KEYS file (${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS) into GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html"
-  echo "--> e.g. \"curl ${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS | gpg --import\""
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/phoenix/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/phoenix/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.sha512" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/phoenix/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version $VERSION of phoenix to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/phoenix/"
diff --git a/hive/upload_new_hive_version.sh b/hive/upload_new_hive_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2c7e51804..000000000
--- a/hive/upload_new_hive_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-# We prefer fast downloads...
-BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dlcdn.apache.org/hive"
-# However, if the version is not available, use the slow archive instead:
-# BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://archive.apache.org/dist/hive"
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-bin_file="apache-hive-${VERSION}-bin.tar.gz"
-src_file="apache-hive-$VERSION-src.tar.gz"
-
-echo "Downloading Hive binary (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hive-${VERSION}/${bin_file}"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hive-${VERSION}/${bin_file}.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hive-${VERSION}/${bin_file}.sha256"
-
-echo "Downloading Hive source (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hive-${VERSION}/${src_file}"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hive-${VERSION}/${src_file}.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/hive-${VERSION}/${src_file}.sha256"
-
-# It is probably redundant to check both the checksum and the signature but it's cheap and why not
-echo "Validating SHA256 Checksums"
-if ! (sha256sum "${bin_file}" | diff - "${bin_file}.sha256" && sha256sum "${src_file}" | diff - "${src_file}.sha256"); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the SHA256 sum does not match"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Validating signatures"
-if ! (gpg --verify "$bin_file.asc" "$bin_file" 2> /dev/null &&  gpg --verify "$src_file.asc" "$src_file" 2> /dev/null); then
-  echo "ERROR: Signature could not be verified"
-  echo "--> Make sure you have imported the KEYS file (${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS) into GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html"
-  echo "--> e.g. \"curl ${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS | gpg --import\""
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hive/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hive/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file.sha256" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hive/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hive/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hive/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.sha256" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hive/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version $VERSION of Hive to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/hive/"
diff --git a/kafka/upload_new_kafka_version.sh b/kafka/upload_new_kafka_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8145f672e..000000000
--- a/kafka/upload_new_kafka_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-# We prefer fast downloads...
-BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dlcdn.apache.org/kafka"
-# However, if the version is not available, use the slow archive instead:
-# BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka"
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-bin_file=kafka_2.13-$VERSION.tgz
-src_file=kafka-$VERSION-src.tgz
-
-echo "Downloading Kafka binary (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/$VERSION/$bin_file"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/$VERSION/$bin_file.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/$VERSION/$bin_file.sha512"
-
-echo "Downloading Kafka source (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/$VERSION/$src_file"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/$VERSION/$src_file.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/$VERSION/$src_file.sha512"
-
-# It is probably redundant to check both the checksum and the signature but it's cheap and why not
-echo "Validating SHA512 Checksum"
-if ! (gpg --print-md SHA512 "$bin_file" | diff - "$bin_file.sha512" && gpg --print-md SHA512 "$src_file" | diff - "$src_file.sha512" ); then
-  echo "ERROR: The SHA512 sum does not match"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Validating signatures"
-if ! (gpg --verify "$bin_file.asc" "$bin_file" 2> /dev/null && gpg --verify "$src_file.asc" "$src_file" 2> /dev/null); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the signatures could not be verified"
-  echo "--> Make sure you have imported the KEYS file (${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS) into GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html"
-  echo "--> e.g. \"curl ${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS | gpg --import\""
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/kafka/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/kafka/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file.sha512" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/kafka/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/kafka/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/kafka/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.sha512" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/kafka/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version $VERSION of Kafka to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/kafka/"
diff --git a/nifi/upload_new_nifi_version.sh b/nifi/upload_new_nifi_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a05445af4..000000000
--- a/nifi/upload_new_nifi_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-# We prefer fast downloads...
-BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dlcdn.apache.org/nifi"
-# However, if the version is not available, use the slow archive instead:
-# BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://archive.apache.org/dist/nifi"
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-src_file="nifi-$VERSION-source-release.zip"
-
-echo "Downloading NiFi source (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/$VERSION/${src_file}"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/$VERSION/${src_file}.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/$VERSION/${src_file}.sha512"
-
-# It is probably redundant to check both the checksum and the signature but it's cheap and why not
-echo "Validating SHA512 Checksums"
-# The 'echo -e "$(<"${src_file}".sha512)")' part removes possible new lines in the provided .sha512 file.
-# This is due to the NiFi sha512 files sometimes ending on newline and sometimes dont.
-# See https://archive.apache.org/dist/nifi/2.0.0/nifi-2.0.0-source-release.zip.sha512 vs
-#     https://archive.apache.org/dist/nifi/1.27.0/nifi-1.27.0-source-release.zip.sha512
-if ! (sha512sum "$src_file" | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | diff - <(echo -e "$(<"${src_file}".sha512)")); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the SHA512 sums does not match"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Validating signatures"
-if ! (gpg --verify "$src_file.asc" "$src_file" 2> /dev/null); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the signatures could not be verified"
-  echo "--> Make sure you have imported the KEYS file (${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS) into GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html"
-  echo "--> e.g. \"curl ${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS | gpg --import\""
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/nifi/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/nifi/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}.sha512" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/nifi/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version $VERSION of Nifi to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/nifi/"
diff --git a/omid/upload_new_omid_version.sh b/omid/upload_new_omid_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d3d9ea7b5..000000000
--- a/omid/upload_new_omid_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-# We prefer fast downloads...
-BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dlcdn.apache.org/phoenix"
-# However, if the version is not available, use the slow archive instead:
-# BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://archive.apache.org/dist/phoenix"
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-src_file=phoenix-omid-$VERSION-src.tar.gz
-
-echo "Downloading Omid source (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/phoenix-omid-${VERSION}/${src_file}"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/phoenix-omid-$VERSION/$src_file.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/phoenix-omid-$VERSION/$src_file.sha512"
-
-# It is probably redundant to check both the checksum and the signature but it's cheap and why not
-echo "Validating SHA512 Checksums"
-if ! (gpg --print-md SHA512 "$src_file" | diff - "$src_file.sha512"); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the SHA512 sums does not match"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Validating signatures"
-if ! (gpg --verify "$src_file.asc" "$src_file" 2> /dev/null); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the signatures could not be verified"
-  echo "--> Make sure you have imported the KEYS file (${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS) into GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html"
-  echo "--> e.g. \"curl ${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS | gpg --import\""
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/omid/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/omid/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.sha512" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/omid/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version $VERSION of Omid to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/omid/"
diff --git a/opa/upload_new_opa_version.sh b/opa/upload_new_opa_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0f2b797ef..000000000
--- a/opa/upload_new_opa_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-download_url="https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opa/archive/refs/tags/v${VERSION}.tar.gz"
-
-tar_gz_file="opa_${VERSION}.tar.gz"
-
-echo "Downloading OPA source from ${download_url}"
-curl --fail -L -o "${tar_gz_file}" "${download_url}"
-
-echo "Uploading OPA source to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${tar_gz_file}" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/opa/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version $VERSION of OPA to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/opa/"
diff --git a/shared/statsd-exporter/upload_new_statsd_exporter_version.sh b/shared/statsd-exporter/upload_new_statsd_exporter_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0a37fb23c..000000000
--- a/shared/statsd-exporter/upload_new_statsd_exporter_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-echo "Downloading STATSD EXPORTER source code"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "https://github.com/prometheus/statsd_exporter/archive/refs/tags/v$VERSION.tar.gz" && mv "v$VERSION.tar.gz" "statsd_exporter-$VERSION.src.tar.gz"
-
-echo "Uploading to Nexus"
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "statsd_exporter-$VERSION.src.tar.gz" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/statsd_exporter/'
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded new version of STATSD-EXPORTER source code ($VERSION) to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/statsd_exporter/"
diff --git a/spark-k8s/upload_new_hbase-connector_version.sh b/spark-k8s/upload_new_hbase-connector_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 46a19af66..000000000
--- a/spark-k8s/upload_new_hbase-connector_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-download_url="https://github.com/apache/hbase-connectors/archive/refs/tags/rel/${VERSION}.tar.gz"
-
-tar_gz_file="hbase-connectors_${VERSION}.tar.gz"
-
-echo "Downloading hbase-connectors source from ${download_url}"
-curl --fail -L -o "${tar_gz_file}" "${download_url}"
-
-echo "Uploading hbase-connectors source to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${tar_gz_file}" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/hbase-connectors/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version $VERSION of hbase-connectors to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/hbase-connectors/"
diff --git a/spark-k8s/upload_new_spark_version.sh b/spark-k8s/upload_new_spark_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4ed6906c7..000000000
--- a/spark-k8s/upload_new_spark_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-# We prefer fast downloads...
-BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dlcdn.apache.org/spark"
-# However, if the version is not available, use the slow archive instead:
-# BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark"
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-src_file="spark-${VERSION}.tgz"
-
-echo "Downloading Spark source (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/spark-${VERSION}/${src_file}"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/spark-${VERSION}/${src_file}.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/spark-${VERSION}/${src_file}.sha512"
-
-# It is probably redundant to check both the checksum and the signature but it's cheap and why not
-echo "Validating SHA512 Checksum"
-if ! (sha512sum "${src_file}" | diff - "${src_file}.sha512"); then
-  echo "ERROR: The SHA512 sum does not match"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Validating signature"
-if ! (gpg --verify "${src_file}.asc" "${src_file}" 2>/dev/null); then
-  echo "ERROR: The signature could not be verified"
-  echo "--> Make sure you have imported the KEYS file (${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS) into GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html"
-  echo "--> e.g. \"curl ${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS | gpg --import\""
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/spark/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}.asc" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/spark/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}.sha512" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/spark/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version ${VERSION} of Spark to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/spark/"
diff --git a/trino/storage-connector/upload_new_trino_storage_connector_version.sh b/trino/storage-connector/upload_new_trino_storage_connector_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 737b063d5..000000000
--- a/trino/storage-connector/upload_new_trino_storage_connector_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-src_file=trino-storage-$VERSION-src.tar.gz
-
-echo "Downloading Trino Storage"
-# Trino Storage provides no offficial source tarballs, download from Git
-git clone https://github.com/snowlift/trino-storage "trino-storage-${VERSION}" "--branch=v${VERSION}" --depth=1
-
-echo "Archiving Trino Storage"
-git -C "trino-storage-${VERSION}" archive "v${VERSION}" --format=tar.gz --prefix="trino-storage-${VERSION}-src/" > "${src_file}"
-sha256sum "${src_file}" | cut --delimiter=' ' --field=1 > "${src_file}.sha256"
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/trino-storage/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}.sha256" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/trino-storage/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version ${VERSION} of Trino Storage to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/trino-storage/"
diff --git a/trino/upload_new_trino_version.sh b/trino/upload_new_trino_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2dfda18ea..000000000
--- a/trino/upload_new_trino_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-src_file=trino-server-$VERSION-src.tar.gz
-
-echo "Downloading Trino"
-# Trino provides no offficial source tarballs, download from Git
-git clone https://github.com/trinodb/trino "trino-${VERSION}" "--branch=${VERSION}" --depth=1
-
-echo "Archiving Trino"
-git -C "trino-${VERSION}" archive "${VERSION}" --format=tar.gz --prefix="trino-server-${VERSION}-src/" > "${src_file}"
-sha256sum "${src_file}" | cut --delimiter=' ' --field=1 > "${src_file}.sha256"
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/trino-server/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "${src_file}.sha256" 'https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/trino-server/' || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version ${VERSION} of Trino to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/trino-server/"
diff --git a/zookeeper/upload_new_zookeeper_version.sh b/zookeeper/upload_new_zookeeper_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d3b74f65a..000000000
--- a/zookeeper/upload_new_zookeeper_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-VERSION=${1:?"Missing version number argument (arg 1)"}
-NEXUS_USER=${2:?"Missing Nexus username argument (arg 2)"}
-
-# We prefer fast downloads...
-BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://dlcdn.apache.org/zookeeper"
-# However, if the version is not available, use the slow archive instead:
-# BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://archive.apache.org/dist/zookeeper"
-
-read -r -s -p "Nexus Password: " NEXUS_PASSWORD
-echo ""
-
-# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4632028/how-to-create-a-temporary-directory
-# Find the directory name of the script
-DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
-
-# the temp directory used, within $DIR
-WORK_DIR=$(mktemp -d -p "$DIR")
-
-# check if tmp dir was created
-if [[ ! "$WORK_DIR" || ! -d "$WORK_DIR" ]]; then
-  echo "Could not create temp dir"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# deletes the temp directory
-function cleanup {
-  rm -rf "$WORK_DIR"
-}
-
-# register the cleanup function to be called on the EXIT signal
-trap cleanup EXIT
-
-cd "$WORK_DIR" || exit
-
-bin_file=apache-zookeeper-$VERSION-bin.tar.gz
-src_file=apache-zookeeper-$VERSION.tar.gz
-
-echo "Downloading ZooKeeper binary (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/zookeeper-$VERSION/$bin_file"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/zookeeper-$VERSION/$bin_file.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/zookeeper-$VERSION/$bin_file.sha512"
-
-echo "Downloading ZooKeeper source (if this fails, try switching the BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL to the archive)"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/zookeeper-$VERSION/$src_file"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/zookeeper-$VERSION/$src_file.asc"
-curl --fail -LO --progress-bar "${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/zookeeper-$VERSION/$src_file.sha512"
-
-# It is probably redundant to check both the checksum and the signature but it's cheap and why not
-echo "Validating SHA512 Checksums for binary releases"
-if ! (sha512sum "$bin_file" | diff -Z - "$bin_file.sha512"); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the SHA512 sums for the binary release does not match"
-  exit 1
-fi
-echo "Validating SHA512 Checksums for source releases"
-if ! (sha512sum "$src_file" | diff -Z - "$src_file.sha512"); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the SHA512 sums for the source release does not match"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Validating signatures for binary releases"
-if ! (gpg --verify "$bin_file.asc" "$bin_file" 2> /dev/null); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the signatures could not be verified for a binary release"
-  echo "--> Make sure you have imported the KEYS file (${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS) into GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html"
-  echo "--> e.g. \"curl ${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS | gpg --import\""
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Validating signatures for source releases"
-if ! (gpg --verify "$src_file.asc" "$src_file" 2> /dev/null); then
-  echo "ERROR: One of the signatures could not be verified for a source release"
-  echo "--> Make sure you have imported the KEYS file (${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS) into GPG: https://www.apache.org/info/verification.html"
-  echo "--> e.g. \"curl ${BASE_DOWNLOAD_URL}/KEYS | gpg --import\""
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Uploading everything to Nexus"
-EXIT_STATUS=0
-repo_url=https://repo.stackable.tech/repository/packages/zookeeper/
-
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file" "$repo_url" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file.asc" "$repo_url" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$bin_file.sha512" "$repo_url" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file" "$repo_url" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.asc" "$repo_url" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-curl --fail -o /dev/null --progress-bar -u "$NEXUS_USER:$NEXUS_PASSWORD" --upload-file "$src_file.sha512" "$repo_url" || EXIT_STATUS=$?
-
-if [ $EXIT_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
-  echo "ERROR: Upload failed"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Successfully uploaded version $VERSION of ZooKeeper to Nexus"
-echo "https://repo.stackable.tech/service/rest/repository/browse/packages/zookeeper/"