diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 38c62e6..e661318 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "packageManager": "yarn@3.8.2",
   "name": "svgo-ll",
-  "version": "5.0.0-alpha.1",
+  "version": "5.0.0",
   "description": "svgo-ll is a Node.js library and command-line application for optimizing SVG images.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/scripts/create-npm-package.sh b/scripts/create-npm-package.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 78da8c0..0000000
--- a/scripts/create-npm-package.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-ver="$1"
-
-packageVer=`npm pkg get version`
-if [ $packageVer != '"'"$ver"'"' ]; then
-  echo "package.json: expected version $ver, got $packageVer"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-npm pack git://github.com/svg-utils/svgo-ll.git#v$ver