diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2902e7d2623..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-metrics-base/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.24.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2902e7d2623..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.24.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2902e7d2623..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-node/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.24.0';
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web/src/version.ts b/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web/src/version.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2902e7d2623..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-web/src/version.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-// this is autogenerated file, see scripts/version-update.js
-export const VERSION = '0.24.0';