diff --git a/packages/replay/jest.setup.ts b/packages/replay/jest.setup.ts
index 640deeccf777..e2306175921c 100644
--- a/packages/replay/jest.setup.ts
+++ b/packages/replay/jest.setup.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access */
 import { getCurrentHub } from '@sentry/core';
 import type { ReplayRecordingData, Transport } from '@sentry/types';
-import {TextEncoder} from 'util';
+import { TextEncoder } from 'util';
 
 import type { ReplayContainer, Session } from './src/types';
 
-// @ts-ignore TS error, this is replaced in prod builds bc of rollup
-global.__SENTRY_REPLAY_VERSION__ = 'version:Test';
-
 (global as any).TextEncoder = TextEncoder;
 
 type MockTransport = jest.MockedFunction<Transport['send']>;
diff --git a/packages/replay/rollup.bundle.config.js b/packages/replay/rollup.bundle.config.js
index 46c987ac446a..75f240f85822 100644
--- a/packages/replay/rollup.bundle.config.js
+++ b/packages/replay/rollup.bundle.config.js
@@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
-import replace from '@rollup/plugin-replace';
-
 import { makeBaseBundleConfig, makeBundleConfigVariants } from '../../rollup/index.js';
 
-import pkg from './package.json';
-
 const baseBundleConfig = makeBaseBundleConfig({
   bundleType: 'addon',
   entrypoints: ['src/index.ts'],
   jsVersion: 'es6',
   licenseTitle: '@sentry/replay',
   outputFileBase: () => 'bundles/replay',
-  packageSpecificConfig: {
-    plugins: [
-      replace({
-        preventAssignment: true,
-        values: {
-          __SENTRY_REPLAY_VERSION__: JSON.stringify(pkg.version),
-        },
-      }),
-    ],
-  },
 });
 
 const builds = makeBundleConfigVariants(baseBundleConfig);
diff --git a/packages/replay/rollup.npm.config.js b/packages/replay/rollup.npm.config.js
index ffb944b94e2b..77934a115f87 100644
--- a/packages/replay/rollup.npm.config.js
+++ b/packages/replay/rollup.npm.config.js
@@ -1,26 +1,15 @@
-import replace from '@rollup/plugin-replace';
-
 import { makeBaseNPMConfig, makeNPMConfigVariants } from '../../rollup/index';
 
-import pkg from './package.json';
-
 export default makeNPMConfigVariants(
   makeBaseNPMConfig({
     hasBundles: true,
     packageSpecificConfig: {
-      plugins: [
-        // TODO: Remove this - replay version will be in sync w/ SDK version
-        replace({
-          preventAssignment: true,
-          values: {
-            __SENTRY_REPLAY_VERSION__: JSON.stringify(pkg.version),
-          },
-        }),
-      ],
       output: {
         // set exports to 'named' or 'auto' so that rollup doesn't warn about
         // the default export in `worker/worker.js`
         exports: 'named',
+        // set preserveModules to false because for Replay we actually want
+        // to bundle everything into one file.
         preserveModules: false,
       },
     },
diff --git a/packages/replay/src/types.ts b/packages/replay/src/types.ts
index 356a3c1179fc..baa93edd2cad 100644
--- a/packages/replay/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/replay/src/types.ts
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ export interface WorkerRequest {
   args: unknown[];
 }
 
-declare global {
-  const __SENTRY_REPLAY_VERSION__: string;
-}
-
 // PerformancePaintTiming and PerformanceNavigationTiming are only available with TS 4.4 and newer
 // Therefore, we're exporting them here to make them available in older TS versions
 export type PerformancePaintTiming = PerformanceEntry;
diff --git a/packages/replay/src/util/prepareReplayEvent.ts b/packages/replay/src/util/prepareReplayEvent.ts
index d9227f50cfca..c2b645e92bdc 100644
--- a/packages/replay/src/util/prepareReplayEvent.ts
+++ b/packages/replay/src/util/prepareReplayEvent.ts
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ export async function prepareReplayEvent({
 
   // extract the SDK name because `client._prepareEvent` doesn't add it to the event
   const metadata = client.getSdkMetadata && client.getSdkMetadata();
-  const name = (metadata && metadata.sdk && metadata.sdk.name) || 'sentry.javascript.unknown';
+  const { name, version } = (metadata && metadata.sdk) || {};
 
   preparedEvent.sdk = {
     ...preparedEvent.sdk,
-    version: __SENTRY_REPLAY_VERSION__,
-    name,
+    name: name || 'sentry.javascript.unknown',
+    version: version || '0.0.0',
   };
 
   return preparedEvent;
diff --git a/packages/replay/test/unit/util/prepareReplayEvent.test.ts b/packages/replay/test/unit/util/prepareReplayEvent.test.ts
index c16c4c0afbb7..0a278334de68 100644
--- a/packages/replay/test/unit/util/prepareReplayEvent.test.ts
+++ b/packages/replay/test/unit/util/prepareReplayEvent.test.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,19 @@ describe('Unit | util | prepareReplayEvent', () => {
 
     client = hub.getClient()!;
     scope = hub.getScope()!;
+
+    jest.spyOn(client, 'getSdkMetadata').mockImplementation(() => {
+      return {
+        sdk: {
+          name: 'sentry.javascript.testSdk',
+          version: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      };
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
   it('works', async () => {
@@ -39,6 +52,8 @@ describe('Unit | util | prepareReplayEvent', () => {
 
     const replayEvent = await prepareReplayEvent({ scope, client, replayId, event });
 
+    expect(client.getSdkMetadata).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+
     expect(replayEvent).toEqual({
       type: 'replay_event',
       timestamp: 1670837008.634,
@@ -52,8 +67,8 @@ describe('Unit | util | prepareReplayEvent', () => {
       event_id: 'replay-ID',
       environment: 'production',
       sdk: {
-        name: 'sentry.javascript.unknown',
-        version: 'version:Test',
+        name: 'sentry.javascript.testSdk',
+        version: '1.0.0',
       },
       sdkProcessingMetadata: {},
       breadcrumbs: undefined,
diff --git a/packages/tracing/rollup.bundle.config.js b/packages/tracing/rollup.bundle.config.js
index a5f7141b9b74..b4ac04aa8e76 100644
--- a/packages/tracing/rollup.bundle.config.js
+++ b/packages/tracing/rollup.bundle.config.js
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-import replace from '@rollup/plugin-replace';
-
 import { makeBaseBundleConfig, makeBundleConfigVariants } from '../../rollup/index.js';
 
-import pkg from './package.json';
-
 const builds = [];
 
 ['es5', 'es6'].forEach(jsVersion => {
@@ -26,16 +22,6 @@ const replayBaseBundleConfig = makeBaseBundleConfig({
   licenseTitle: '@sentry/tracing & @sentry/browser & @sentry/replay',
   outputFileBase: () => 'bundles/bundle.tracing.replay',
   includeReplay: true,
-  packageSpecificConfig: {
-    plugins: [
-      replace({
-        preventAssignment: true,
-        values: {
-          __SENTRY_REPLAY_VERSION__: JSON.stringify(pkg.version),
-        },
-      }),
-    ],
-  },
 });
 
 builds.push(...makeBundleConfigVariants(replayBaseBundleConfig));