diff --git a/scripts/removeWorkspaceDependencies.sh b/scripts/removeWorkspaceDependencies.sh
index ba27ae7edc..61eee4a10d 100755
--- a/scripts/removeWorkspaceDependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/removeWorkspaceDependencies.sh
@@ -3,26 +3,14 @@
 packages_to_remove="@budibase/backend-core @budibase/bbui @budibase/builder @budibase/cli @budibase/client @budibase/frontend-core @budibase/pro @budibase/sdk @budibase/server @budibase/shared-core @budibase/string-templates @budibase/types @budibase/worker"
 
 package_json_path="$1"
-package_json=$(cat "$package_json_path")
 
 process_package() {
   pkg_path="$1"
-  package_json=$(cat "$pkg_path")
-  has_changes=false
 
   for package_name in $packages_to_remove; do
-    if echo "$package_json" | jq -e --arg package_name "$package_name" '.dependencies | has($package_name)' > /dev/null; then
-      package_json=$(echo "$package_json" | jq "del(.dependencies[\"$package_name\"])")
-      has_changes=true
-    fi
+    jq "del(.dependencies[\"$package_name\"])" $pkg_path > tmp_file.json && mv tmp_file.json $pkg_path
+    jq "del(.resolutions[\"$package_name\"])" $pkg_path > tmp_file.json && mv tmp_file.json $pkg_path
   done
-
-  if [ "$has_changes" = true ]; then
-    echo "$package_json" > "$pkg_path"
-  fi
 }
 
 process_package "$package_json_path"
-
-package_json=$(cat "$package_json_path")
-echo "$package_json" | jq "del(.resolutions)" > "$1"