diff --git a/scripts/components/get_dist_tag_from_release_tag.test.ts b/scripts/components/get_dist_tag_from_release_tag.test.ts
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index 3ec12aa778..0000000000
--- a/scripts/components/get_dist_tag_from_release_tag.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, it } from 'node:test';
-import { getDistTagFromReleaseTag } from './get_dist_tag_from_release_tag.js';
-import assert from 'node:assert';
-
-void describe('getDistTagFromReleaseTag', () => {
-  void it('defaults to latest when releaseTag is not a prerelease version', () => {
-    assert.equal(
-      getDistTagFromReleaseTag('@aws-amplify/backend-auth@0.5.0'),
-      'latest'
-    );
-    assert.equal(
-      getDistTagFromReleaseTag('@aws-amplify/form-generator@1.8.0'),
-      'latest'
-    );
-    assert.equal(
-      getDistTagFromReleaseTag('create-amplify@123.89.921'),
-      'latest'
-    );
-  });
-
-  void it('grabs expected dist tag names', () => {
-    assert.equal(
-      getDistTagFromReleaseTag('@aws-amplify/backend-data@0.10.0-beta.9'),
-      'beta'
-    );
-    assert.equal(
-      getDistTagFromReleaseTag(
-        '@aws-amplify/model-generator@0.5.0-tag.with-dashes_and_underscores_and_123.0'
-      ),
-      'tag.with-dashes_and_underscores_and_123'
-    );
-  });
-});
diff --git a/scripts/components/get_dist_tag_from_release_tag.ts b/scripts/components/get_dist_tag_from_release_tag.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ad79a2c56..0000000000
--- a/scripts/components/get_dist_tag_from_release_tag.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Given a string like '@aws-amplify/auth-construct-alpha@0.6.0-beta.8', this regex will grab 'beta' from the string.
- * For a non-pre release tag like @aws-amplify/backend-cli@0.10.0, this regex will not match and we default to the 'latest' tag.
- */
-export const getDistTagFromReleaseTag = (releaseTag: string) => {
-  const distTagMatch = releaseTag.match(/\.\d+-(?<distTag>[\w\-.]+)\.\d+$/);
-  return distTagMatch?.groups?.distTag ?? 'latest';
-};