diff --git a/buildInDocker.sh b/buildInDocker.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-# this script is used to build release binaries inside an older version of golang docker container
-# This is cuz I run a rolling release distro (I use arch btw) and run the latest version of glibc
-# However, many LTS distros run older versions of glibc and the binary will not launch in those distros. 
-# ref issue `https://github.com/ajayd-san/gomanagedocker/issues/8`
-#
-
-
-RELEASE=$1
-if [[ -z $1 ]];
-then
-    echo "No release version passed"
-    exit 1
-fi 
-
-docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/src -w /src --env GOFLAGS="-buildvcs=false" gmd_builder:latest ./buildRelease.sh $RELEASE
diff --git a/buildRelease.sh b/buildRelease.sh
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-#!/bin/bash
-
-shopt -s extglob
-
-RELEASE=$1
-if [[ -z $1 ]];
-then
-    echo "No release version passed"
-    exit 1
-else 
-    echo "Building release $RELEASE"
-fi 
-
-if [ -d ./releases/ ]; then
-    rm -fr ./releases/*
-fi 
-
-# linux
-echo "Building linux:amd64"
-env GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 go build -o ./releases/linux_amd64_$RELEASE/"gmd" github.com/ajayd-san/gomanagedocker
-
-echo "Building linux:arm64"
-env GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 go build -o ./releases/linux_arm64_$RELEASE/"gmd" github.com/ajayd-san/gomanagedocker
-
-# MacOS
-echo "Building darwin:amd64"
-env GOOS=darwin GOARCH=amd64 go build -o ./releases/darwin_amd64_$RELEASE/"gmd" github.com/ajayd-san/gomanagedocker
-
-echo "Building darwin:arm64"
-env GOOS=darwin GOARCH=arm64 go build -o ./releases/darwin_arm64_$RELEASE/"gmd" github.com/ajayd-san/gomanagedocker
-
-
-# Windows
-echo "Building windows:amd64"
-env GOOS=windows GOARCH=amd64 go build -o ./releases/windows_amd64_$RELEASE/"gmd.exe" github.com/ajayd-san/gomanagedocker
-
-cd releases
-
-## make a tar ball to save space
-tar czf gomanagedocker_linux_amd64_$RELEASE.tar.gz linux_amd64_$RELEASE
-tar czf gomanagedocker_linux_arm64_$RELEASE.tar.gz linux_arm64_$RELEASE
-tar czf gomanagedocker_darwin_amd64_$RELEASE.tar.gz darwin_amd64_$RELEASE
-tar czf gomanagedocker_darwin_arm64_$RELEASE.tar.gz darwin_arm64_$RELEASE
-tar czf gomanagedocker_windows_amd64_$RELEASE.tar.gz windows_amd64_$RELEASE
-
-## remove all files in releases that are not tar balls
-rm -r !(*.tar.gz)
diff --git a/builder.Dockerfile b/builder.Dockerfile
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-# this dockerfile is to build the image the release version of gmd is compiled on.
-# I do this cuz I want to build against an older version of glibc so that gmd can be run on older os installs as well.
-
-FROM golang:1-bullseye
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libx11-dev