diff --git a/castor/lib/build.sbt b/castor/lib/build.sbt
index 67ac4e4e4f..22a67e7a37 100644
--- a/castor/lib/build.sbt
+++ b/castor/lib/build.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Dependencies._
+import sbtrelease.ReleasePlugin.autoImport.ReleaseTransformations._
 
 inThisBuild(
   Seq(
@@ -18,34 +19,9 @@ inThisBuild(
 
 coverageDataDir := target.value / "coverage"
 
-SbtUtils.disablePlugins(publishConfigure) // SEE also SbtUtils.scala
-lazy val publishConfigure: Project => Project = sys.env
-  .get("PUBLISH_PACKAGES") match {
-  case None    => _.disablePlugins(GitHubPackagesPlugin)
-  case Some(_) => (p: Project) => p
-}
-
-sys.env
-  .get("PUBLISH_PACKAGES") // SEE also plugin.sbt
-  .map { _ =>
-    println("### Configure release process ###")
-    import sbtrelease.ReleasePlugin.autoImport.ReleaseTransformations._
-    releaseProcess := Seq[ReleaseStep](
-      checkSnapshotDependencies,
-      inquireVersions,
-      runClean,
-      runTest,
-      setReleaseVersion,
-      publishArtifacts,
-      setNextVersion
-    )
-  }
-  .toSeq
-
 // Project definitions
 lazy val root = project
   .in(file("."))
-  .configure(publishConfigure)
   .settings(
     name := "castor-root",
   )
@@ -54,7 +30,6 @@ lazy val root = project
 
 lazy val core = project
   .in(file("core"))
-  .configure(publishConfigure)
   .settings(
     name := "castor-core",
     libraryDependencies ++= coreDependencies
@@ -62,9 +37,18 @@ lazy val core = project
 
 lazy val `sql-doobie` = project
   .in(file("sql-doobie"))
-  .configure(publishConfigure)
   .settings(
     name := "castor-sql-doobie",
     libraryDependencies ++= sqlDoobieDependencies
   )
   .dependsOn(core)
+
+releaseProcess := Seq[ReleaseStep](
+  checkSnapshotDependencies,
+  inquireVersions,
+  runClean,
+  runTest,
+  setReleaseVersion,
+  publishArtifacts,
+  setNextVersion
+)
diff --git a/castor/lib/project/Dependencies.scala b/castor/lib/project/Dependencies.scala
index 14e041d7af..29d29e15ad 100644
--- a/castor/lib/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/castor/lib/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ object Dependencies {
     val zioCatsInterop = "3.3.0"
     val prismNodeClient = "0.3.0"
     val prismSdk = "v1.4.1" // scala-steward:off
-    val shared = "0.2.0"
+    val shared = "0.3.0"
     val flyway = "9.8.3"
     val scalaUri = "4.0.3"
   }
diff --git a/castor/lib/project/SbtUtils.scala b/castor/lib/project/SbtUtils.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index 9abea03dc1..0000000000
--- a/castor/lib/project/SbtUtils.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-object SbtUtils {
-
-  import sbt._
-  import sbt.internal.DslEntry.DslDisablePlugins
-
-  def disablePlugins(f: Project => Project) = new DslDisablePlugins(Seq()) {
-    override val toFunction: Project => Project = f
-  }
-
-}