diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions-dev-kit-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/actions-dev-kit-ci.yml
index 1d6f591e8..b98f7d319 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions-dev-kit-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions-dev-kit-ci.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: 16
-      - run: npm install --global lerna yarn #install dependencies
-      - run: lerna bootstrap #prepare packages to be built
+      - run: npm install --global lerna yarn #install global dependencies
+      - run: yarn install #install and link depdendencies
       - run: ./build.sh #build
       - run: yarn run api-ref #test generate /docs
       - run: yarn run api-ref-pre-release #test generate /pre-release-docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions-dev-kit-deploy-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/actions-dev-kit-deploy-docs.yml
index 45d491988..d400e1dc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions-dev-kit-deploy-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions-dev-kit-deploy-docs.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: yarn --version
       - run: npm --version
 
-      - run: lerna bootstrap # Runs `yarn install` and prepare all the packages in this monorepo for the build
+      - run: yarn install # install dependencies
       - run: yarn run all #build
       - run: yarn run api-ref #generate /docs
       # Commit /docs folder back to the main branch. GitHub then deploys it automatically to GitHub pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions-dev-kit-release-prod.yml b/.github/workflows/actions-dev-kit-release-prod.yml
index 41c9826a9..56f247e17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions-dev-kit-release-prod.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions-dev-kit-release-prod.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm --version
 
       # Runs `yarn install` and prepare all the packages in this monorepo for the build
-      - run: lerna bootstrap
+      - run: yarn install
       # Builds and tests all the packages
       - run: yarn run all
       # Upgrades major|minor|patch version for all the packages even if there's no changes in some or all of them.
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ jobs:
       # Publishes ADK packages to CodeArtifact
       - run: lerna publish from-package --yes
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 45517d55f..af2c34e12 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-lerna bootstrap
+yarn install
 yarn run all
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 198720440..de9f2a22f 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "lerna": "3.15.0",
   "npmClient": "yarn",
-  "useWorkspaces": true,
   "packages": [
     "packages/*",
     "packages/codecatalyst-entities/*"