diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f4c0cc5..709991c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -188,14 +188,22 @@ jobs:
           run_id: ${{github.run_id}}
           skip_unpack: true
 
+      - name: Read `versions.json`
+        id: versions
+        shell: python
+        run: |
+          with open('artifacts/versions.json') as fin:
+            with open(os.getenv('GITHUB_OUTPUT'), "a") as fout:
+              fout.write(f"versions_json={fin.read()}")
+
       - name: Prepare release notes
         shell: python
         run: |
           lines = []
           with open(".github/workflows/release-body.md") as fin:
             line = fin.read()
-            line = line.replace('{version-engines}', '${{fromJson('artifacts/versions.json').curl_md}}')
-            line = line.replace('{version-gcc}', '${{fromJson('artifacts/versions.json').gcc}}')
+            line = line.replace('{version-engines}', '${{fromJson(steps.versions.outputs.versions_json).curl_md}}')
+            line = line.replace('{version-gcc}', '${{fromJson(steps.versions.outputs.versions_json).gcc}}')
             line = line.replace('{url-workflow}', 'https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/actions/runs/${{github.run_id}}')
             lines.append(line)
           with open(".github/workflows/release-body.md", "w") as fout:
diff --git a/_build_package.bat b/_build_package.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d67087..0000000
--- a/_build_package.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-@echo off
-setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
-
-cd /d "%~dp0"
-
-set PATH=%PATH%;%PROGRAMFILES%\7-Zip
-
-REM :: Read version from the .rc file
-for /f usebackq^ tokens^=3^ delims^=^"^,^  %%f in (`type src\nscurl\resource.rc ^| findstr /r /c:"\s*\"FileVersion\"\s*"`) do set version=%%f
-
-set workdir=packages\current
-set outdir=packages\%version%
-
-rmdir /s /q "%outdir%"  > nul 2> nul
-rmdir /s /q "%workdir%" > nul 2> nul
-for %%d in (%workdir%\Plugins\amd64-unicode, %workdir%\Plugins\x86-unicode, %workdir%\Plugins\x86-ansi) do mkdir %%~d
-for %%d in (%workdir%\Examples\NScurl, %workdir%\Docs\NScurl) do mkdir %%~d
-
-goto :file_end
-:file
-    mklink /H "%~1" "%~2" || echo --- WARNING --- failed to add "%~2"&& pause
-    exit /b
-:file_end
-
-call :file %workdir%\Plugins\amd64-unicode\NScurl.dll		    packages\Release-mingw-amd64-unicode\Plugins\amd64-unicode\NScurl.dll
-call :file %workdir%\Plugins\x86-unicode\NScurl.dll			    packages\Release-mingw-x86-unicode\Plugins\x86-unicode\NScurl.dll
-call :file %workdir%\Plugins\x86-ansi\NScurl.dll			    packages\Release-mingw-x86-ansi\Plugins\x86-ansi\NScurl.dll
-call :file %workdir%\Examples\NScurl\NScurl-Test.nsi			packages\Release-mingw-x86-unicode\Examples\NScurl\NScurl-Test.nsi
-call :file %workdir%\Examples\NScurl\NScurl-Test-build.bat		packages\Release-mingw-x86-unicode\Examples\NScurl\NScurl-Test-build.bat
-call :file %workdir%\Docs\NScurl\NScurl.readme.md				packages\Release-mingw-x86-unicode\Docs\NScurl\NScurl.readme.md
-call :file %workdir%\README.md						            packages\Release-mingw-x86-unicode\README.md
-call :file %workdir%\LICENSE.md						            packages\Release-mingw-x86-unicode\LICENSE.md
-call :file %workdir%\LICENSE.brotli.md				            packages\Release-mingw-x86-unicode\LICENSE.brotli.md
-call :file %workdir%\LICENSE.curl.md				            packages\Release-mingw-x86-unicode\LICENSE.curl.md
-call :file %workdir%\LICENSE.nghttp2.md				            packages\Release-mingw-x86-unicode\LICENSE.nghttp2.md
-call :file %workdir%\LICENSE.openssl.md				            packages\Release-mingw-x86-unicode\LICENSE.openssl.md
-call :file %workdir%\LICENSE.zlib.md				            packages\Release-mingw-x86-unicode\LICENSE.zlib.md
-call :file %workdir%\LICENSE.zstd.md				            packages\Release-mingw-x86-unicode\LICENSE.zstd.md
-
-mkdir %outdir% 2> nul
-pushd %workdir%
-7z a "%~dp0%outdir%\NScurl.zip" * -r || pause && exit /b !errorlevel!
-popd
-
-echo.
-echo -------------------------------------------------
-REM  -- curl packages
-
-pushd packages\Release-mingw-x86-curl
-7z a "%~dp0%outdir%\curl-x86.zip" * || pause && exit /b !errorlevel!
-popd
-
-echo -------------------------------------------------
-
-pushd packages\Release-mingw-amd64-curl
-7z a "%~dp0%outdir%\curl-amd64.zip" * || pause && exit /b !errorlevel!
-popd
-
-
-echo.
-echo *************************************************
-REM  ** Versions
-set versions=%outdir%\versions.txt
-
-echo.> "%versions%"
-echo NScurl/%version%>> "%versions%"
-
-echo.>> "%versions%"
-packages\Release-mingw-x86-curl\curl.exe -V>> "%versions%"
-
-echo.>> "%versions%"
-packages\Release-mingw-amd64-curl\curl.exe -V>> "%versions%"
-
-echo.>> "%versions%"
-echo curl-ca-bundle.crt>> "%versions%"
-type "%~dp0\src\nscurl\curl-ca-bundle.crt" | findstr /C:"as of:">> "%versions%"
-
-echo.>> "%versions%"
-for %%d in (%SystemDrive%\msys64\mingw64\bin %SystemDrive%\msys64\mingw32\bin %SystemDrive%\msys2\mingw64\bin %SystemDrive%\msys2\mingw32\bin) do (
-    if exist "%%~d\gcc.exe" echo %%~d\gcc.exe>> %versions% && "%%~d\gcc.exe" --version>> %versions%
-)
-
-type "%versions%"
-pause
-
-rmdir /S /Q %workdir% > nul 2> nul