diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
index eae79b753..6431b716e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release.yml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       working-directory: release
 
     # realm_flutter has symlinks to native binaries which should not be packaged
-    - name: Cleanup symlinks, etc.
+    - name: Cleanup symlinks
       run: |
         rm packages/realm/android/src/main/cpp/lib
         rm packages/realm/ios/realm_dart.xcframework
@@ -171,17 +171,21 @@ jobs:
         dart pub global activate melos
         dart pub global run melos bootstrap
 
+    # realm_flutter has symlinks to native binaries which should not be packaged
+    - name: Cleanup symlinks
+      run: |
+        rm packages/realm/android/src/main/cpp/lib
+        rm packages/realm/ios/realm_dart.xcframework
+        rm packages/realm/linux/binary
+        rm packages/realm/windows/binary
+        rm -rf packages/realm/tests/linux/flutter/ephemeral
+        rm -rf packages/realm/tests/windows/flutter/ephemeral
+
     - name: Publish packages to pub.dev
-      # Using
-      #  melos exec --no-published --no-private -- dart pub publish --force --skip-validation
-      # will fail due to symlinks in the realm package. Once we get rid of them, we can replace
-      # the manual publishing with using melos
       run: |
         mkdir -p $HOME/.config/dart
         echo '${{ secrets.PUB_CREDENTIALS }}' >> $HOME/.config/dart/pub-credentials.json
-        dart pub publish --directory realm_dart --force --skip-validation
-        dart pub publish --directory realm --force --skip-validation
-      working-directory: release
+        melos exec --no-published --no-private -- dart pub publish --force --skip-validation
 
     - name: Find Release PR
       uses: juliangruber/find-pull-request-action@f9f7484f8237cf8485e5ab826e542ba5dd9e9c6e
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4632a146a..d100b90c2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 ## vNext (TBD)
 
-### Enhancements
-* None
-
-### Fixed
-* None
-
-### Compatibility
-* Realm Studio: 13.0.0 or later.
-
-### Internal
-* Using Core x.y.z.
-
-## 2.0.0-alpha.5 (2024-03-15)
-
 ### Breaking Changes
 * `RealmValue.type` is now an enum of type `RealmValueType` rather than `Type`. If you need the runtime type of the value wrapped in `RealmValue`, use `RealmValue.value.runtimeType`. (Issue [#1505](https://github.com/realm/realm-dart/issues/1505))
 * Renamed `RealmValue.uint8List` constructor to `RealmValue.binary`. (PR [#1469](https://github.com/realm/realm-dart/pull/1469))