diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_gem.sh.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_gem.sh.j2
index 09baf18b..ecf1f200 100755
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_gem.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_gem.sh.j2
@@ -9,23 +9,16 @@ cd "$(dirname "$(realpath -e "$0")")"/../../..
 
 VERSION="$1"
 
-if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
+if [[ -z "${VERSION}" ]]
+then
   echo "No version specified."
   exit 1
 fi
 
-RESPONSE="$(curl --write-out '%{http_code}' --silent --output /dev/null "https://rubygems.org/gems/{{ plugin_name | snake }}_client/versions/$VERSION")"
-
-if [ "$RESPONSE" == "200" ];
-then
-  echo "{{ plugin_name }} client $VERSION has already been released. Skipping."
-  exit
-fi
-
 mkdir -p ~/.gem
 touch ~/.gem/credentials
 echo "---
-:rubygems_api_key: $RUBYGEMS_API_KEY" > ~/.gem/credentials
+:rubygems_api_key: ${RUBYGEMS_API_KEY}" > ~/.gem/credentials
 sudo chmod 600 ~/.gem/credentials
 
 {%- for plugin in plugins %}
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh.j2
index 01834aca..99f398d7 100755
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_client_pypi.sh.j2
@@ -9,20 +9,15 @@ cd "$(dirname "$(realpath -e "$0")")/../../.."
 
 VERSION="$1"
 
-if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
+if [[ -z "${VERSION}" ]]
+then
   echo "No version specified."
   exit 1
 fi
-{%- for plugin in plugins %}
-
-RESPONSE="$(curl --write-out '%{http_code}' --silent --output /dev/null "https://pypi.org/project/{{ plugin.name | dash }}-client/$VERSION/")"
 
-if [ "$RESPONSE" == "200" ];
-then
-  echo "{{ plugin.name }} client $VERSION has already been released. Skipping."
-else
-  twine upload -u __token__ -p "$PYPI_API_TOKEN" \
-  "dist/{{ plugin.name | snake }}_client-$VERSION-py3-none-any.whl" \
-  "dist/{{ plugin.name | snake }}-client-$VERSION.tar.gz"
-fi
+twine upload -u __token__ -p "${PYPI_API_TOKEN}" \
+{%- for plugin in plugins %}
+"dist/{{ plugin.name | snake }}_client-${VERSION}-py3-none-any.whl" \
+"dist/{{ plugin.name | snake }}-client-${VERSION}.tar.gz" \
 {%- endfor %}
+;
diff --git a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh.j2 b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh.j2
index c172a6f9..f23030cf 100755
--- a/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/github/.github/workflows/scripts/publish_plugin_pypi.sh.j2
@@ -9,20 +9,13 @@ cd "$(dirname "$(realpath -e "$0")")"/../../..
 
 VERSION="$1"
 
-if [[ -z "$VERSION" ]]; then
+if [[ -z "${VERSION}" ]]
+then
   echo "No version specified."
   exit 1
 fi
 
-RESPONSE="$(curl --write-out '%{http_code}' --silent --output /dev/null "https://pypi.org/project/{{ plugin_name | dash }}/$VERSION/")"
-
-if [ "$RESPONSE" == "200" ];
-then
-  echo "{{ plugin_name }} $VERSION has already been released. Skipping."
-  exit
-fi
-
-twine upload -u __token__ -p "$PYPI_API_TOKEN" \
-dist/{{ plugin_name | snake | replace("_", "?") }}-"$VERSION"-py3-none-any.whl \
-dist/{{ plugin_name | snake | replace("_", "?") }}-"$VERSION".tar.gz \
+twine upload -u __token__ -p "${PYPI_API_TOKEN}" \
+"dist/{{ plugin_name | snake | replace("_", "?") }}-${VERSION}-py3-none-any.whl" \
+"dist/{{ plugin_name | snake | replace("_", "?") }}-${VERSION}.tar.gz" \
 ;