diff --git a/.github/actions/build-images/agent/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-images/agent/action.yml
index c736e8a4b..678f46c99 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-images/agent/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-images/agent/action.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ runs:
         if [[ "$ARCH" == "x64" ]]; then
           echo "ARCH=amd64" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
-    - name: install yq
-      uses: ./.github/actions/install-yq
-      with:
-        arch: ${{ env.ARCH }}
-        use-sudo: true
     - id: env 
       name: Setup Dependencies Env Variables
       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-build-env
diff --git a/.github/actions/build-images/server/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-images/server/action.yml
index 46fa35765..cb032e9ef 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-images/server/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-images/server/action.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,6 @@ runs:
         if [[ "$ARCH" == "x64" ]]; then
           echo "ARCH=amd64" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
-    - name: install yq
-      uses: ./.github/actions/install-yq
-      with:
-        arch: ${{ env.ARCH }}
-        use-sudo: true
     - name: Setup Environment Variables
       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-tag-env
     - id: env 
diff --git a/.github/actions/install-yq/action.yml b/.github/actions/install-yq/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 62dd2c472..000000000
--- a/.github/actions/install-yq/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-name: "Install yq"
-description: "Install yq from source"
-inputs:
-  version:
-    description: "yq version"
-    default: v4.45.1
-  arch:
-    description: "host arch"
-    required: true
-  use-sudo:
-    description: "use sudo to move the yq binary"
-    default: false
-runs:
-  using: "composite"
-  steps:
-    - name: install yq
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        curl -fsL https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/${{ inputs.version }}/yq_linux_${{ inputs.arch }}.tar.gz | tar xz
-        ${{ inputs.use-sudo ==  'true' && 'sudo' || '' }} mv yq_linux_${{ inputs.arch }} /usr/bin/yq
-
diff --git a/.github/actions/rancher-chart/build/action.yml b/.github/actions/rancher-chart/build/action.yml
index ef0cdcb2d..02aad1499 100644
--- a/.github/actions/rancher-chart/build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/rancher-chart/build/action.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ runs:
       run: zypper install -y jq awk aws-cli
     - name: Setup Tag Env Variables
       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-tag-env
-    - name: install yq
-      uses: ./.github/actions/install-yq
-      with:
-        arch: ${{ env.ARCH }}
     - id: env
       name: Setup Dependencies Env Variables
       uses: ./.github/actions/setup-build-env
diff --git a/dev-scripts/quick b/dev-scripts/quick
index 6afdd63c8..0ff6a8d67 100755
--- a/dev-scripts/quick
+++ b/dev-scripts/quick
@@ -7,17 +7,17 @@ set -x
 
 # variables
 COMMIT=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
-TAG="${TAG:-$(yq '.env.TAG | sub("-.*", "")' < .github/workflows/pull-request.yml)-${COMMIT}}-head"
+TAG="${TAG:-$(grep -m1 ' TAG:' .github/workflows/pull-request.yml | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//' -e "s/\${{ github.sha }}/$COMMIT/g" | cut -d' ' -f)-${COMMIT}}-head"
 OS="${OS:-linux}"
 ARCH="${ARCH:-amd64}"
 REPO="${REPO:-rancher}"
 CATTLE_K3S_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'ENV CATTLE_K3S_VERSION=' package/Dockerfile | cut -d '=' -f2)
 CATTLE_KDM_BRANCH=$(grep -m1 'ARG CATTLE_KDM_BRANCH=' package/Dockerfile | cut -d '=' -f2)
-CATTLE_RANCHER_WEBHOOK_VERSION=$(yq '.webhookVersion' < build.yaml)
-CATTLE_REMOTEDIALER_PROXY_VERSION=$(yq '.remoteDialerProxyVersion' < build.yaml)
-CATTLE_CSP_ADAPTER_MIN_VERSION=$(yq '.cspAdapterMinVersion' < build.yaml)
-CATTLE_RANCHER_PROVISIONING_CAPI_VERSION=$(yq '.provisioningCAPIVersion' < build.yaml)
-CATTLE_FLEET_VERSION=$(yq '.fleetVersion' < build.yaml)
+CATTLE_RANCHER_WEBHOOK_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'webhookVersion' build.yaml | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+CATTLE_REMOTEDIALER_PROXY_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'remoteDialerProxyVersion' build.yaml | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+CATTLE_CSP_ADAPTER_MIN_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'cspAdapterMinVersion' build.yaml | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+CATTLE_RANCHER_PROVISIONING_CAPI_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'provisioningCAPIVersion' build.yaml | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+CATTLE_FLEET_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'fleetVersion' build.yaml | cut -d ' ' -f2)
 
 # download airgap images and export it to a tarball
 curl -Lf https://github.com/rancher/k3s/releases/download/"${CATTLE_K3S_VERSION}"/k3s-images.txt -o ./k3s-images.txt
diff --git a/docs/build.md b/docs/build.md
index 155885998..fe5a441a0 100644
--- a/docs/build.md
+++ b/docs/build.md
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ webhookVersion: 2.0.6+up0.3.6-rc1
 Then update the [export-config](../scripts/export-config) script.
 
 ```
-CATTLE_RANCHER_WEBHOOK_VERSION=$(yq -e '.webhookVersion' "$file")
-export CATTLE_RANCHER_WEBHOOK_VERSION
+export CATTLE_RANCHER_WEBHOOK_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'webhookVersion' < "$file" | cut -d ' ' -f2)
 ```
 
 Run `go generate` from the root of the repo.
diff --git a/scripts/export-config b/scripts/export-config
index 80d5b916d..1b3f6f772 100755
--- a/scripts/export-config
+++ b/scripts/export-config
@@ -8,16 +8,9 @@ fi
 
 file="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/build.yaml"
 
-CATTLE_RANCHER_WEBHOOK_VERSION=$(yq -e '.webhookVersion' "$file")
-CATTLE_REMOTEDIALER_PROXY_VERSION=$(yq -e '.remoteDialerProxyVersion' "$file")
-CATTLE_RANCHER_PROVISIONING_CAPI_VERSION=$(yq -e '.provisioningCAPIVersion' "$file")
-CATTLE_CSP_ADAPTER_MIN_VERSION=$(yq -e '.cspAdapterMinVersion' "$file")
-CATTLE_DEFAULT_SHELL_VERSION=$(yq -e '.defaultShellVersion' "$file")
-CATTLE_FLEET_VERSION=$(yq -e '.fleetVersion' "$file")
-
-export CATTLE_RANCHER_WEBHOOK_VERSION
-export CATTLE_REMOTEDIALER_PROXY_VERSION
-export CATTLE_RANCHER_PROVISIONING_CAPI_VERSION
-export CATTLE_CSP_ADAPTER_MIN_VERSION
-export CATTLE_DEFAULT_SHELL_VERSION
-export CATTLE_FLEET_VERSION
+export CATTLE_RANCHER_WEBHOOK_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'webhookVersion' "$file" | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+export CATTLE_REMOTEDIALER_PROXY_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'remoteDialerProxyVersion' "$file" | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+export CATTLE_RANCHER_PROVISIONING_CAPI_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'provisioningCAPIVersion' "$file" | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+export CATTLE_CSP_ADAPTER_MIN_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'cspAdapterMinVersion' "$file" | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+export CATTLE_DEFAULT_SHELL_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'defaultShellVersion' "$file" | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+export CATTLE_FLEET_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'fleetVersion' "$file" | cut -d ' ' -f2)
diff --git a/scripts/provisioning-tests b/scripts/provisioning-tests
index e09ef4306..e0842bbeb 100755
--- a/scripts/provisioning-tests
+++ b/scripts/provisioning-tests
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ eval "$(grep '^ENV CATTLE_SYSTEM_AGENT_DOWNLOAD_PREFIX' package/Dockerfile | awk
 eval "$(grep '^ENV CATTLE_SYSTEM_AGENT_VERSION' package/Dockerfile | awk '{print "export " $2}')"
 eval "$(grep '^ENV CATTLE_SYSTEM_AGENT_UPGRADE_IMAGE' package/Dockerfile | awk '{print "export " $2}')"
 
-export CATTLE_RANCHER_WEBHOOK_VERSION=$(yq '.webhookVersion' < build.yaml)
-export CATTLE_REMOTEDIALER_PROXY_VERSION=$(yq '.remoteDialerProxyVersion' < build.yaml)
-export CATTLE_RANCHER_PROVISIONING_CAPI_VERSION=$(yq '.provisioningCAPIVersion' < build.yaml)
-export CATTLE_CSP_ADAPTER_MIN_VERSION=$(yq '.cspAdapterMinVersion' < build.yaml)
-export CATTLE_FLEET_VERSION=$(yq '.fleetVersion' < build.yaml)
+export CATTLE_RANCHER_WEBHOOK_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'webhookVersion' build.yaml | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+export CATTLE_REMOTEDIALER_PROXY_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'remoteDialerProxyVersion' build.yaml | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+export CATTLE_RANCHER_PROVISIONING_CAPI_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'provisioningCAPIVersion' build.yaml | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+export CATTLE_CSP_ADAPTER_MIN_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'cspAdapterMinVersion' build.yaml | cut -d ' ' -f2)
+export CATTLE_FLEET_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'fleetVersion' build.yaml | cut -d ' ' -f2)
 
 if [ -z "${SOME_K8S_VERSION}" ]; then
 # Only set SOME_K8S_VERSION if it is empty -- for KDM provisioning tests, this value should already be populated
diff --git a/scripts/test b/scripts/test
index d42ed8350..c337df487 100755
--- a/scripts/test
+++ b/scripts/test
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ eval "$(grep '^ENV CATTLE_WINS_AGENT' package/Dockerfile | awk '{print "export "
 eval "$(grep '^ENV CATTLE_CSI_PROXY_AGENT' package/Dockerfile | awk '{print "export " $2}')"
 eval "$(grep '^ENV CATTLE_KDM_BRANCH' package/Dockerfile | awk '{print "export " $2}')"
 
-export CATTLE_RANCHER_PROVISIONING_CAPI_VERSION=$(yq '.provisioningCAPIVersion' < build.yaml)
+export CATTLE_RANCHER_PROVISIONING_CAPI_VERSION=$(grep -m1 'provisioningCAPIVersion' build.yaml | cut -d ' ' -f2)
 
 if [ -z "${SOME_K8S_VERSION}" ]; then
 # Get the last release for $DIST, which is usually the latest version or an experimental version.