diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 36771c58..5eb3493f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@
   "module": "./dist/twemoji.esm.js",
   "unpkg": "./dist/twemoji.min.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "version": "yarn version",
     "build": "./scripts/generate",
     "test": "phantomjs ./src/test/testrunner.js",
     "deploy": "./scripts/deploy.sh gh-pages",
-    "prepublishOnly": "run-s version build test deploy"
+    "prepublishOnly": "run-s build test deploy"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "fs-extra": "^8.0.1",
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index fe1248d7..2f76547e 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-#!/bin/bash 
+#!/bin/bash
 
 ROOT=$(
   cd $(dirname $0)/..
   /bin/pwd
 )
-OUT="$ROOT/dist/"
+DIST="$ROOT/dist/"
 PUBLISH_BRANCH=$1
-# For this to work, the version specification must be on the second line of package.json
-VERSION=$(cat "$ROOT/package.json" | sed '2!d' | egrep -o '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')
+VERSION=$(cat package.json | jq -r .version)
 
 git fetch --all
-git add -f $OUT
 git checkout $PUBLISH_BRANCH
 git pull origin $PUBLISH_BRANCH
 cd "v/"
@@ -19,8 +17,9 @@ if [ -d $VERSION ]; then
   rm -r $VERSION
 fi
 # Create new version folder out of dist/
-git mv -f $OUT $VERSION
-git commit -q -m "Update the Twemoji project and push to $PUBLISH_BRANCH"
+mv -f $DIST $VERSION
+git add $VERSION
+git commit -q -m "Publish v$VERSION"
 git push origin $PUBLISH_BRANCH
 # Return to your working branch
 git checkout -