diff --git a/.github/workflows/copy-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/copy-workflow.yml
index 5b14f86f..fca2bc0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/copy-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/copy-workflow.yml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
           git commit -m "remove .gx"
         fi
     - name: add version.json file (in order to deploy versioning workflows)
-      if: matrix.cfg.deploy_versioning && hashFiles(format('{0}/version.json', env.TARGET_REPO_DIR)) == ''
+      if: hashFiles(format('{0}/version.json', env.TARGET_REPO_DIR)) == ''
       working-directory: ${{ env.TARGET_REPO_DIR }}
       run: |
         git fetch origin --unshallow # we need the entire commit history
@@ -155,13 +155,9 @@ jobs:
           git commit -m "run gofmt -s"
         fi
     - name: determine files to add
+      # By setting the environment variable, it's possible to programmatically add / modify this list.
+      # See https://github.com/protocol/.github/blob/38135c75e47839623bf9b2748275d8c6167a8fa8/.github/workflows/copy-workflow.yml#L163-L168 for an example, how we used to make use of this.
       run: echo "FILES=${{ toJson(github.event.inputs.files) }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - name: add more versioning workflows files, if necessary
-      if: matrix.cfg.deploy_versioning
-      run: |
-        files=$(jq -r '.[]' <<< '${{ env.FILES }}')
-        files+=(".github/workflows/releaser.yml" ".github/workflows/release-check.yml" ".github/workflows/tagpush.yml")
-        echo "FILES=$(jq -nc '$ARGS.positional' --args ${files[@]})" >> $GITHUB_ENV
     - name: Add files
       run: |
         for f in $(jq -r ".[]" <<< ${{ toJson(env.FILES) }}); do
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dispatch.yml b/.github/workflows/dispatch.yml
index 4e693ac3..e8d4ae8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dispatch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dispatch.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on:
 env:
   # We could use a higher number here. We use a small number just to make sure to create multiple batches.
   MAX_REPOS_PER_WORKFLOW: 16
-  FILES: '[ ".github/workflows/automerge.yml", ".github/workflows/go-test.yml", ".github/workflows/go-check.yml" ]' # a JSON array of the files to distribute
+  FILES: '[ ".github/workflows/automerge.yml", ".github/workflows/go-test.yml", ".github/workflows/go-check.yml", ".github/workflows/releaser.yml", ".github/workflows/release-check.yml", ".github/workflows/tagpush.yml" ]' # a JSON array of the files to distribute
 
 jobs:
   matrix:
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 698a0127..d7f444d1 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -15,81 +15,81 @@
   { "target": "ipfs-shipyard/w3rc" },
   { "target": "ipfs/bbloom" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-bitfield" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-bitswap", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-bitswap" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-block-format" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-blockservice", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-blockservice" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-bs-sqlite3" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-cid" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-cidutil" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-dagwriter" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-datastore", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-datastore" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-detect-race" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-dnslink" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-badger", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-badger" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-badger2" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-bitcask" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-crdt" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-flatfs", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-leveldb", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-measure", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-flatfs" },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-leveldb" },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-measure" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-pebble" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-redis" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-s3" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ds-sql" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-fetcher", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-filestore", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-fetcher" },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-filestore" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-fs-lock" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-graphsync", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-graphsync" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-api" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-blockstore" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-blocksutil" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-chunker" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-cmds" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-config", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-config" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-delay" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-ds-help", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-ds-help" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-example-plugin" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-interface", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-offline", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-interface" },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-exchange-offline" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-files" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-http-client" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-keystore" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-pinner", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-pinner" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-posinfo" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-pq" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-provider", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-routing", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-provider" },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-routing" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipfs-util" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipld-cbor" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipld-format" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipld-git" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-ipld-legacy" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipns", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-ipns" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-log" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-merkledag", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-merkledag" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-metrics-interface" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-metrics-prometheus" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-mfs", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-namesys", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-path", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-mfs" },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-namesys" },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-path" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-peertaskqueue" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-qringbuf" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-todocounter" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-unixfs", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "ipfs/go-unixfsnode", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-unixfs" },
+  { "target": "ipfs/go-unixfsnode" },
   { "target": "ipfs/go-verifcid" },
   { "target": "ipfs/hang-fds" },
   { "target": "ipfs/http-api-docs" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/interface-go-ipfs-core", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/interface-go-ipfs-core" },
   { "target": "ipfs/ipfs-ds-convert" },
   { "target": "ipfs/ipfs-update" },
   { "target": "ipfs/ipget" },
   { "target": "ipfs/iptb" },
   { "target": "ipfs/iptb-plugins" },
   { "target": "ipfs/pinbot-irc" },
-  { "target": "ipfs/tar-utils", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipfs/tar-utils" },
   { "target": "ipld/codec-fixtures" },
-  { "target": "ipld/go-car", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "ipld/go-car" },
   { "target": "ipld/go-codec-dagpb" },
   { "target": "ipld/go-ipld-adl-hamt" },
   { "target": "ipld/go-ipld-btc" },
@@ -109,43 +109,43 @@
   { "target": "libp2p/go-doh-resolver" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-eventbus" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-flow-metrics" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-asn-util" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-autonat", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-autonat" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-backoff" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-blankhost" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-circuit", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-circuit" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-connmgr" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-consensus" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-core", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-core" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-daemon" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-discovery", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-discovery" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-gorpc" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-gostream", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-http", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-gostream" },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-http" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-introspector" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht" },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-kbucket" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-loggables" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-mplex" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-nat" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-netutil" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-noise", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-peerstore", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-noise" },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-peerstore" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-pnet" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub-router", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub-router" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-pubsub-tracer" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-quic-transport", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-quic-transport" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-raft" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-record" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-relay-daemon" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-routing-helpers" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-swarm", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-testing", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-tls", "deploy_versioning": true },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-transport-upgrader", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-swarm" },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-testing" },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-tls" },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-transport-upgrader" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-webrtc-direct" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-xor", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-xor" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-libp2p-yamux" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-mplex" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-msgio" },
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
   { "target": "libp2p/go-sockaddr" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-socket-activation" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-stream-muxer-multistream" },
-  { "target": "libp2p/go-tcp-transport", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "libp2p/go-tcp-transport" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-ws-transport" },
   { "target": "libp2p/go-yamux" },
   { "target": "libp2p/hydra-booster" },
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
   { "target": "multiformats/go-multiaddr-fmt" },
   { "target": "multiformats/go-multibase" },
   { "target": "multiformats/go-multicodec" },
-  { "target": "multiformats/go-multihash", "deploy_versioning": true },
+  { "target": "multiformats/go-multihash" },
   { "target": "multiformats/go-multistream" },
   { "target": "multiformats/go-varint" },
   { "target": "multiformats/ma-pipe" }