diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c8db931e..d548f66d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 .jq-template.awk
-.template-helper-functions.jq
diff --git a/3.12/alpine/Dockerfile b/3.12/alpine/Dockerfile
index 59ab10a3..06db2444 100644
--- a/3.12/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.12/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #
 
 # Alpine Linux is not officially supported by the RabbitMQ team -- use at your own risk!
-
 FROM alpine:3.19 as build-base
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
@@ -201,10 +200,7 @@ ENV ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX /opt/erlang
 ENV OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX /opt/openssl
 
 COPY --from=erlang-builder $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX
-RUN echo '{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-2.3","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-DOCUMENT","name":"erlang-sbom","packages":[{"name":"erlang","versionInfo":"25.3.2.12","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-Package--erlang","externalRefs":[{"referenceCategory":"PACKAGE-MANAGER","referenceType":"purl","referenceLocator":"pkg:generic/erlang@25.3.2.12?os_name=alpine&os_version=3.19"}],"licenseDeclared":"Apache-2.0"}]}' > $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/erlang.spdx.json
-
 COPY --from=openssl-builder $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX
-RUN echo '{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-2.3","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-DOCUMENT","name":"openssl-sbom","packages":[{"name":"openssl","versionInfo":"3.1.5","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-Package--openssl","externalRefs":[{"referenceCategory":"PACKAGE-MANAGER","referenceType":"purl","referenceLocator":"pkg:generic/openssl@3.1.5?os_name=alpine&os_version=3.19"}],"licenseDeclared":"Apache-2.0"}]}' > $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/openssl.spdx.json
 
 ENV PATH $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/bin:$OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/bin:$PATH
 
@@ -303,9 +299,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	su-exec rabbitmq rabbitmqctl list_ciphers; \
 	su-exec rabbitmq rabbitmq-plugins list; \
 # no stale cookies
-	rm "$RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR/.erlang.cookie";\
-	\
-	echo '{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-2.3","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-DOCUMENT","name":"rabbitmq-sbom","packages":[{"name":"rabbitmq","versionInfo":"3.12.13","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-Package--rabbitmq","externalRefs":[{"referenceCategory":"PACKAGE-MANAGER","referenceType":"purl","referenceLocator":"pkg:generic/rabbitmq@3.12.13?os_name=alpine&os_version=3.19"}],"licenseDeclared":"MPL-2.0 AND Apache-2.0"}]}' > $RABBITMQ_HOME/rabbitmq.spdx.json;
+	rm "$RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR/.erlang.cookie"
 
 # Enable Prometheus-style metrics by default (https://github.com/docker-library/rabbitmq/issues/419)
 RUN su-exec rabbitmq rabbitmq-plugins enable --offline rabbitmq_prometheus
diff --git a/3.12/ubuntu/Dockerfile b/3.12/ubuntu/Dockerfile
index dbd1a51b..d82f408b 100644
--- a/3.12/ubuntu/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.12/ubuntu/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 # The official Canonical Ubuntu Focal image is ideal from a security perspective,
 # especially for the enterprises that we, the RabbitMQ team, have to deal with
-
 FROM ubuntu:22.04 as build-base
 
 ARG BUILDKIT_SBOM_SCAN_STAGE=true
@@ -200,10 +199,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04
 ENV ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX /opt/erlang
 ENV OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX /opt/openssl
 COPY --from=erlang-builder $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX
-RUN echo '{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-2.3","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-DOCUMENT","name":"erlang-sbom","packages":[{"name":"erlang","versionInfo":"25.3.2.12","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-Package--erlang","externalRefs":[{"referenceCategory":"PACKAGE-MANAGER","referenceType":"purl","referenceLocator":"pkg:generic/erlang@25.3.2.12?os_name=ubuntu&os_version=22.04"}],"licenseDeclared":"Apache-2.0"}]}' > $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/erlang.spdx.json
-
 COPY --from=openssl-builder $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX
-RUN echo '{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-2.3","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-DOCUMENT","name":"openssl-sbom","packages":[{"name":"openssl","versionInfo":"3.1.5","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-Package--openssl","externalRefs":[{"referenceCategory":"PACKAGE-MANAGER","referenceType":"purl","referenceLocator":"pkg:generic/openssl@3.1.5?os_name=ubuntu&os_version=22.04"}],"licenseDeclared":"Apache-2.0"}]}' > $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/openssl.spdx.json
 
 ENV PATH $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/bin:$OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/bin:$PATH
 
@@ -297,9 +293,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	gosu rabbitmq rabbitmqctl list_ciphers; \
 	gosu rabbitmq rabbitmq-plugins list; \
 # no stale cookies
-	rm "$RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR/.erlang.cookie"; \
-	\
-	echo '{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-2.3","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-DOCUMENT","name":"rabbitmq-sbom","packages":[{"name":"rabbitmq","versionInfo":"3.12.13","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-Package--rabbitmq","externalRefs":[{"referenceCategory":"PACKAGE-MANAGER","referenceType":"purl","referenceLocator":"pkg:generic/rabbitmq@3.12.13?os_name=ubuntu&os_version=22.04"}],"licenseDeclared":"MPL-2.0 AND Apache-2.0"}]}' > $RABBITMQ_HOME/rabbitmq.spdx.json
+	rm "$RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR/.erlang.cookie"
 
 # Enable Prometheus-style metrics by default (https://github.com/docker-library/rabbitmq/issues/419)
 RUN gosu rabbitmq rabbitmq-plugins enable --offline rabbitmq_prometheus
diff --git a/3.13/alpine/Dockerfile b/3.13/alpine/Dockerfile
index 7782aeac..596ba609 100644
--- a/3.13/alpine/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13/alpine/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #
 
 # Alpine Linux is not officially supported by the RabbitMQ team -- use at your own risk!
-
 FROM alpine:3.19 as build-base
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
@@ -201,10 +200,7 @@ ENV ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX /opt/erlang
 ENV OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX /opt/openssl
 
 COPY --from=erlang-builder $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX
-RUN echo '{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-2.3","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-DOCUMENT","name":"erlang-sbom","packages":[{"name":"erlang","versionInfo":"26.2.5","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-Package--erlang","externalRefs":[{"referenceCategory":"PACKAGE-MANAGER","referenceType":"purl","referenceLocator":"pkg:generic/erlang@26.2.5?os_name=alpine&os_version=3.19"}],"licenseDeclared":"Apache-2.0"}]}' > $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/erlang.spdx.json
-
 COPY --from=openssl-builder $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX
-RUN echo '{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-2.3","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-DOCUMENT","name":"openssl-sbom","packages":[{"name":"openssl","versionInfo":"3.1.5","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-Package--openssl","externalRefs":[{"referenceCategory":"PACKAGE-MANAGER","referenceType":"purl","referenceLocator":"pkg:generic/openssl@3.1.5?os_name=alpine&os_version=3.19"}],"licenseDeclared":"Apache-2.0"}]}' > $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/openssl.spdx.json
 
 ENV PATH $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/bin:$OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/bin:$PATH
 
@@ -303,9 +299,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	su-exec rabbitmq rabbitmqctl list_ciphers; \
 	su-exec rabbitmq rabbitmq-plugins list; \
 # no stale cookies
-	rm "$RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR/.erlang.cookie";\
-	\
-	echo '{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-2.3","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-DOCUMENT","name":"rabbitmq-sbom","packages":[{"name":"rabbitmq","versionInfo":"3.13.2","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-Package--rabbitmq","externalRefs":[{"referenceCategory":"PACKAGE-MANAGER","referenceType":"purl","referenceLocator":"pkg:generic/rabbitmq@3.13.2?os_name=alpine&os_version=3.19"}],"licenseDeclared":"MPL-2.0 AND Apache-2.0"}]}' > $RABBITMQ_HOME/rabbitmq.spdx.json;
+	rm "$RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR/.erlang.cookie"
 
 # Enable Prometheus-style metrics by default (https://github.com/docker-library/rabbitmq/issues/419)
 RUN su-exec rabbitmq rabbitmq-plugins enable --offline rabbitmq_prometheus
diff --git a/3.13/ubuntu/Dockerfile b/3.13/ubuntu/Dockerfile
index f4af8984..9e2751ec 100644
--- a/3.13/ubuntu/Dockerfile
+++ b/3.13/ubuntu/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 # The official Canonical Ubuntu Focal image is ideal from a security perspective,
 # especially for the enterprises that we, the RabbitMQ team, have to deal with
-
 FROM ubuntu:22.04 as build-base
 
 ARG BUILDKIT_SBOM_SCAN_STAGE=true
@@ -200,10 +199,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04
 ENV ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX /opt/erlang
 ENV OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX /opt/openssl
 COPY --from=erlang-builder $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX
-RUN echo '{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-2.3","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-DOCUMENT","name":"erlang-sbom","packages":[{"name":"erlang","versionInfo":"26.2.5","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-Package--erlang","externalRefs":[{"referenceCategory":"PACKAGE-MANAGER","referenceType":"purl","referenceLocator":"pkg:generic/erlang@26.2.5?os_name=ubuntu&os_version=22.04"}],"licenseDeclared":"Apache-2.0"}]}' > $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/erlang.spdx.json
-
 COPY --from=openssl-builder $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX
-RUN echo '{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-2.3","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-DOCUMENT","name":"openssl-sbom","packages":[{"name":"openssl","versionInfo":"3.1.5","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-Package--openssl","externalRefs":[{"referenceCategory":"PACKAGE-MANAGER","referenceType":"purl","referenceLocator":"pkg:generic/openssl@3.1.5?os_name=ubuntu&os_version=22.04"}],"licenseDeclared":"Apache-2.0"}]}' > $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/openssl.spdx.json
 
 ENV PATH $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/bin:$OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/bin:$PATH
 
@@ -297,9 +293,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	gosu rabbitmq rabbitmqctl list_ciphers; \
 	gosu rabbitmq rabbitmq-plugins list; \
 # no stale cookies
-	rm "$RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR/.erlang.cookie"; \
-	\
-	echo '{"spdxVersion":"SPDX-2.3","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-DOCUMENT","name":"rabbitmq-sbom","packages":[{"name":"rabbitmq","versionInfo":"3.13.2","SPDXID":"SPDXRef-Package--rabbitmq","externalRefs":[{"referenceCategory":"PACKAGE-MANAGER","referenceType":"purl","referenceLocator":"pkg:generic/rabbitmq@3.13.2?os_name=ubuntu&os_version=22.04"}],"licenseDeclared":"MPL-2.0 AND Apache-2.0"}]}' > $RABBITMQ_HOME/rabbitmq.spdx.json
+	rm "$RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR/.erlang.cookie"
 
 # Enable Prometheus-style metrics by default (https://github.com/docker-library/rabbitmq/issues/419)
 RUN gosu rabbitmq rabbitmq-plugins enable --offline rabbitmq_prometheus
diff --git a/Dockerfile-alpine.template b/Dockerfile-alpine.template
index d98ae9d4..114f9daa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-alpine.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-alpine.template
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 # Alpine Linux is not officially supported by the RabbitMQ team -- use at your own risk!
-{{ include ".template-helper-functions" }}
 FROM alpine:{{ .alpine.version }} as build-base
 
 RUN apk add --no-cache \
@@ -235,34 +234,7 @@ ENV ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX /opt/erlang
 ENV OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX /opt/openssl
 
 COPY --from=erlang-builder $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX
-RUN echo '{{
-		{
-			name: "erlang",
-			version: .otp.version,
-			params: {
-				os_name: "alpine",
-				os_version: .alpine.version
-			},
-			licenses: [
-				"Apache-2.0"
-			]
-		} | sbom | tostring
-	}}' > $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/erlang.spdx.json
-
 COPY --from=openssl-builder $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX
-RUN echo '{{
-		{
-			name: "openssl",
-			version: .openssl.version,
-			params: {
-				os_name: "alpine",
-				os_version: .alpine.version
-			},
-			licenses: [
-				"Apache-2.0"
-			]
-		} | sbom | tostring
-	}}' > $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/openssl.spdx.json
 
 ENV PATH $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/bin:$OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/bin:$PATH
 
@@ -361,22 +333,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	su-exec rabbitmq rabbitmqctl list_ciphers; \
 	su-exec rabbitmq rabbitmq-plugins list; \
 # no stale cookies
-	rm "$RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR/.erlang.cookie";\
-	\
-	echo '{{
-		{
-			name: "rabbitmq",
-			version: .version,
-			params: {
-				os_name: "alpine",
-				os_version: .alpine.version
-			},
-			licenses: [
-				"MPL-2.0",
-				"Apache-2.0"
-			]
-		} | sbom | tostring
-	}}' > $RABBITMQ_HOME/rabbitmq.spdx.json;
+	rm "$RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR/.erlang.cookie"
 
 # Enable Prometheus-style metrics by default (https://github.com/docker-library/rabbitmq/issues/419)
 RUN su-exec rabbitmq rabbitmq-plugins enable --offline rabbitmq_prometheus
diff --git a/Dockerfile-ubuntu.template b/Dockerfile-ubuntu.template
index 1f87bee3..c3684fb6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-ubuntu.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-ubuntu.template
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # The official Canonical Ubuntu Focal image is ideal from a security perspective,
 # especially for the enterprises that we, the RabbitMQ team, have to deal with
-{{ include ".template-helper-functions" }}
 FROM ubuntu:{{ .ubuntu.version }} as build-base
 
 ARG BUILDKIT_SBOM_SCAN_STAGE=true
@@ -234,34 +233,7 @@ FROM ubuntu:{{ .ubuntu.version }}
 ENV ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX /opt/erlang
 ENV OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX /opt/openssl
 COPY --from=erlang-builder $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX
-RUN echo '{{
-		{
-			name: "erlang",
-			version: .otp.version,
-			params: {
-				os_name: "ubuntu",
-				os_version: .ubuntu.version
-			},
-			licenses: [
-				"Apache-2.0"
-			]
-		} | sbom | tostring
-	}}' > $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/erlang.spdx.json
-
 COPY --from=openssl-builder $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX
-RUN echo '{{
-		{
-			name: "openssl",
-			version: .openssl.version,
-			params: {
-				os_name: "ubuntu",
-				os_version: .ubuntu.version
-			},
-			licenses: [
-				"Apache-2.0"
-			]
-		} | sbom | tostring
-	}}' > $OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/openssl.spdx.json
 
 ENV PATH $ERLANG_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/bin:$OPENSSL_INSTALL_PATH_PREFIX/bin:$PATH
 
@@ -355,22 +327,7 @@ RUN set -eux; \
 	gosu rabbitmq rabbitmqctl list_ciphers; \
 	gosu rabbitmq rabbitmq-plugins list; \
 # no stale cookies
-	rm "$RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR/.erlang.cookie"; \
-	\
-	echo '{{
-			{
-				name: "rabbitmq",
-				version: .version,
-				params: {
-					os_name: "ubuntu",
-					os_version: .ubuntu.version
-				},
-				licenses: [
-					"MPL-2.0",
-					"Apache-2.0"
-				]
-			} | sbom | tostring
-		}}' > $RABBITMQ_HOME/rabbitmq.spdx.json
+	rm "$RABBITMQ_DATA_DIR/.erlang.cookie"
 
 # Enable Prometheus-style metrics by default (https://github.com/docker-library/rabbitmq/issues/419)
 RUN gosu rabbitmq rabbitmq-plugins enable --offline rabbitmq_prometheus
diff --git a/apply-templates.sh b/apply-templates.sh
index c44178d6..3d1091c4 100755
--- a/apply-templates.sh
+++ b/apply-templates.sh
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@ elif [ "$BASH_SOURCE" -nt "$jqt" ]; then
 	wget -qO "$jqt" 'https://github.com/docker-library/bashbrew/raw/9f6a35772ac863a0241f147c820354e4008edf38/scripts/jq-template.awk'
 fi
 
-jqf='.template-helper-functions.jq'
-if [ -n "${BASHBREW_SCRIPTS:-}" ]; then
-	jqf="$BASHBREW_SCRIPTS/template-helper-functions.jq"
-elif [ "$BASH_SOURCE" -nt "$jqf" ]; then
-	# https://github.com/docker-library/bashbrew/blob/master/scripts/template-helper-functions.jq
-	wget -qO "$jqf" 'https://github.com/docker-library/bashbrew/raw/5a86c34c5a3ef370b3d22c398d45ccab53bd64bd/scripts/template-helper-functions.jq'
-fi
-
 if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
 	versions="$(jq -r 'keys | map(@sh) | join(" ")' versions.json)"
 	eval "set -- $versions"